Cole Palmer ended a 242-day wait for a Premier League goal from open play as Chelsea were held to a 2-2 draw by Brentford on Saturday. The attacking midfielder returned from an absence that followed a missed match against Fulham and was introduced in the 56th minute.<\/p>\n
Just five minutes after coming off the bench, Palmer fired home inside the penalty area to level the game. The strike was his first non-penalty league goal since January 14. The report notes that the goal against Bournemouth had been his 14th of the 2024\u201325 season and that, from that point, Palmer failed to find the back of the net outside of a victory vs. Liverpool on May 4.<\/p>\n
Palmer did contribute three goals during Chelsea\u2019s FIFA Club World Cup triumph this past summer, but those scores did not end his run without a league goal from open play in England\u2019s top flight.<\/p>\n
Mois\u00e9s Caicedo later put Chelsea in front with a rifled effort in the 85th minute, but Brentford forced a late equaliser deep into stoppage time to rescue a point. The draw was Chelsea\u2019s second in four games to start the season.<\/p>\n
Despite the shared points, there were encouraging signs for Palmer as he returned from injury and scored from open play in the same match. Attention now switches to the midweek Champions League fixture, with Chelsea and Palmer preparing for a trip to Bayern Munich on Wednesday.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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