COLE PALMER toasted his first taste of Conference League football with a beer.
The Chelsea star played in the tournament for the first time this season in the 2-1 win over Copenhagen in Denmark.
Cole Palmer toasted a beer after Enzo Fernandez’s goal[/caption]
He was later subbed off against Copenhagen[/caption]
Palmer, 22, was left out of the club’s Conference League squad for the League Phase.
He finished the game on the winning side despite a stubborn performance from the hosts.
Reece James finally broke the deadlock in the 46th minute before Enzo Fernandes made it 2-0 in the 65th minute.
It was after the Argentine’s calm finish that Palmer celebrated with a taste of beer.
A cup of beer had been thrown onto the pitch from the crowd as the England international joined his team-mates.
He could be seen holding the plastic cup in jest in front of team-mate Trevoh Chalobah.
Fans loved the moment from Palmer as they reacted on social media.
One posted: “Raise that beer high! You all deserve it! Congrats.”
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A second wrote: “This is class I can’t lie.”
A third commented: “Cole Palmer raising a cup of beer after the second goal.”
A fourth said: “Cole Palmer says, ‘Hold my Beer’.”
Palmer finished his match without a goal or assist as his dip in form continued.
He was subbed out of the action in the 72nd minute and replaced by Jadon Sancho.
He has not picked up a single goal contribution since scoring against Bournemouth on January 14.
After the win over Southampton, he released a ten-word statement in which he insisted that he “will be back”.
In total this season, he has scored 14 goals and provided six assists in 31 appearances in all competitions.
Meanwhile, the Blues let Copenhagen back into the tie before full time, as Gabriel Periera headed in.
Manager Enzo Maresca insisted that the goal should have been avoided.
He said: “Because it has been a little bit of a sloppy goal.
“We can avoid that. It’s football, it can happen.
“Now 90 minutes have finished and now we have 90 more minutes against them.
“The main game for us is Sunday’s game, at home and we need our fans for 100 minutes behind the team and pushing the team.
“If we can win against Leicester on Sunday, we can do one more step to finishing in the Champions League… top four or top five, I do not know.”
Enzo Maresca was not happy that Copenhagen scored late on[/caption]
