Fresh footage has shown how Chelsea’s childish penalty argument against Everton started, with Noni Madueke and Nicolas Jackson fighting over the ball.
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Blues awarded spot-kick against EvertonPlayers fought among themselvesResponsibility eventually handed to PalmerWHAT HAPPENED?
The Blues were awarded a spot-kick just past the hour mark in a Premier League home date with the Toffees. Golden Boot hopeful Cole Palmer had already registered a hat-trick by that stage, leading Stamford Bridge colleagues to believe that they would be allowed to step up from 12 yards.
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Madueke and Jackson initially led the race to inherit penalty-taking duties, with the pair racing to wrestle the match ball away from colleague Malo Gusto. A heated exchange then broke out, doing little to quieten the accusations of Chelsea having assembled an expensive group of individuals – rather than a united team.
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Madueke thought that he had won the argument, only to then see captain Conor Gallagher step in. He made it clear that England international Palmer is the Blues’ designated penalty-taker – with that news not going down well with a 22-year-winger that has only three Premier League goals to his name this season.