Bangkok Post – Palmer shines despite squabbling by Jackson, Madueke

All players and fans understand that each Premier League club has a designated player to take penalty kicks. It goes without saying that it is the one who is most reliable and at Chelsea that is definitely Cole Palmer who has a great record from the spot.

That is what made it all the more astonishing on Tuesday night at Stamford Bridge when there was an unseemly squabble over who should take the penalty after Cole had been fouled in the area. Chief protagonists were Nicolas Jackson and Noni Madueke who did themselves no favours quarrelling like kids on the playground.

Eventually captain Conor Gallagher sorted things out and Cole duly obliged from the spot for the ninth time this season.

However, the…