Cole Palmer puts positive spin on Chelsea’s late collapse against Fulham

Cole Palmer generally isn’t one for lengthy, yet banal, sports-cliché-filled media interviews, but after yesterday’s 2-1 defeat at home against Fulham, he did have a few things to say when asked about the disappointment that had just transpired.

Mirroring his manager’s assessment, Palmer blamed the defeat on technical issues rather than any sort of physical or fitness factors.

“It’s football, it happens. We lost control for 20 minutes and they scored two. We were winning for the majority of the game, but to lose at the end is difficult. First half we played well. We controlled the game. We had quite a few chances. “Second half we seemed to lose a bit of control. They are a good transition team, they like to run, direct, so we got caught with their game and we paid the price. I don’t think we lost energy or intensity, like the manager said we just lost control of the game, and we turned it into a game they’re better than us at. We need to try and manage the game a bit better.”

One might argue that fatigue can play a major role in executing any sort of technical gameplan or intention, but hey, the public messaging is unified and that’s usually a good sign of internal harmony.

Along similar lines, here’s Palmer with the self-fulfilling little-horse prophecy as well.

“It’s a good opportunity to learn, rest, recover, and play in three days. We just keep going now. We knew we weren’t going to win every single game we play. It’s the manager’s first season with us and we’re learning. “Everyone has said from the start we’re not a title contender, we’re just playing, winning, getting better as a team, growing, and that’s what we’re doing.” -Cole Palmer; source: Chelsea FC

Well, it’s a one-horse race now for the title between Liverpool, and themselves, so we no longer have to worry about that even in the backs of our minds.

We have a great opportunity to get back to winning ways on Monday, as we travel to newly promoted Ipswich Town, so let’s focus on that.

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