Former players haunt Man City in eight-goal epic
Cole Palmer struck a last-gasp penalty against his former club Manchester City in the fourth minute of stoppage-time to snatch a sensational 4-4 draw for Chelsea at the end of an astonishing encounter at Stamford Bridge in which another former City star Raheem Sterling also scored.
The Premier League champion thought it had won it through Rodri’s goal, deflected in off the unfortunate Thiago Silva four minutes from time, but was left stunned in the dying seconds when substitute Armando Broja burst into the box and drew a foul from Ruben Dias, with Palmer dispatching his spot-kick under pressure to send home fans into raptures.
Earlier, Erling Haaland had scored to twice give City the lead, first from the penalty spot before Chelsea turned the game on its head with goals from Silva and Sterling.
Manuel Akanji headed an equaliser on the stroke of half-time before Haaland’s second made it 3-2 minutes after the restart, but still Chelsea was not done, hitting back to make it 3-3 through Nicolas Jackson.
Then came what looked the winner from Rodri, before Palmer’s late, late intervention served to hurt the side he left for west London in September.
