Penalty record

Palmer has set a record by scoring each of the first 12 penalties he has taken in the Premier League.

According to the league's statistics supplier Opta, it's the best 100 percent record in the competition — overtaking former Man City midfielder Yaya Toure.

Since joining Chelsea in the summer of 2023, Palmer has 33 goals and 17 assists in 48 games. Only Erling Haaland for City (39 games), Andy Cole for Newcastle (43 games), and Mo Salah for Liverpool (46 games) have got to 50 goal involvements quicker.

"The Premier League is full of top players and top talent. Cole belongs with those players," Maresca said.

Late goals

Bournemouth and Leicester left it very late to pick up points from losing positions.

Jamie Vardy scored in the 86th and set up another goal for Bobby De Cordova-Reid in the first minute of stoppage time as Leicester staged a late recovery to draw 2-2 at home to Brighton in Ruud van Nistelrooy's second match in charge. He won his first, against West Ham, 3-1 on Tuesday.

Tariq Lamptey and Yankuba Minteh had given Brighton its two-goal cushion.

Bournemouth scored in the 87th, and again in the fifth minute of added-on time through Dango Ouattara, to win 2-1 at Ipswich, which stayed in the relegation zone with just one victory this season. Conor Chaplin put Ipswich ahead in the 21st.

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