It’s been a superb year for Cole Palmer at Chelsea, but it was a brief moment for England last summer that summed up his astonishing rise. Has he done enough to be your Fans' Footballer of the Year 2024?

While the Panenka is viewed as risky and flamboyant, when done correctly it’s a perfectly sensible and logical way of taking a penalty. That’s because spot kicks are all about deception, about persuading the goalkeeper you’re going to put it in one place, while actually putting it in another.

We’ve seen a few “panenka” penalties in our time, but we can’t remember one we enjoyed as much as Cole Palmer’s against Tottenham on Sunday.Maybe it was just the context – completing the

Chelsea star Cole Palmer broke an English Premier League record on Sunday as he scored two penalties in his side’s 4-3 comeback win against Tottenham.

In fact, by scoring both of his penalties against Spurs this weekend, Palmer has set a new Premier League record, beating Yaya Touré’s previous record of eleven in a row. And the fact that the record-breaking twelfth, the goal that would end up being the winning goal on Sunday as well, was a Panenka, was just the absolute icing on the cake.

Chelsea's Palmer has beaten Yaya Toure's record for the most Premier League penalties scored in a row without a miss

Cole Palmer was the star of the show as Chelsea came from two goals down to beat Tottenham 4-3 on Sunday, with the England international scoring twice from the penalty spot

C ole Palmer continues to show no signs of a sophomore slump, despite teams paying much more attention to our precocious playmaker, with 11 goals and 6 assists in his 15 league ap