Watch: Palmer's stunning free-kick highlights historic 4-goal haul in 1st half

Chelsea star Cole Palmer jumped as much as second in Premier League scoring this season after recording an historic 4 objectives, together with a 10-minute hat-trick, within the first half of Saturday’s 4-2 win over Brighton & Hove Albion.

The England ahead scored the third hat-trick of his younger profession by whipping in a powerful free-kick within the high-scoring affair at Stamford Bridge.

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Palmer scored his fourth of the sport 10 minutes later to present Chelsea a commanding lead at halftime, changing into the primary participant in historical past to report a quartet of objectives within the first half of a Premier League sport.

He now has six league objectives on the season, trailing solely Erling Haaland’s 10.

“He scored 4, however he additionally might have scored two or three extra. It is essential he stays hungry, formidable, and I do know him from a few years in the past with the under-23s at Metropolis and with the primary workforce,” Chelsea coach Enzo Maresca mentioned after the historic efficiency, in line with ESPN.

“What he was as a boy is precisely what he was three or 4 years in the past. Objectives, assists, finest participant of the Premier League – this does not change the best way he’s. He is a humble man, and for me it is a very powerful factor.

“He is a high participant, and at this time in soccer younger gamers can change fast. Cole scores objectives and by no means modifications, and that is a very powerful factor.”