Cole Palmer moves off-grid to break free from ghost in Chelsea?s machine | Barney Ron

Attacker was a captive spirit on the right and he delivered unprescribed moments of quality despite Maresca?s rigid system
With 84 minutes gone at Stamford Bridge Cole Palmer did something off-grid, unprescribed and, in context, quite surprising, skittering past Conor Bradley near the corner flag, veering inside with that surprising gangly turn of speed and shooting from a fine angle and, in a clever, you-blink-first way, going inside Alisson as he came for the cross, a super-smart little piece of invention.
The ball curved away just enough to hit the post and bounce away from goal. Chelsea were 2-0 up at the time. Maybe he won?t get told off too much.
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