Cole Palmer’s perfect penalty record came to an end on Sunday when his spot kick was saved by goalkeeper Mads Hermansen during Chelsea‘s Premier League clash with Leicester City.
The 22-year-old’s low effort was well-saved by Hermansen who fell to his left to keep out Palmer’s strike after Jadon Sancho was fouled in the box.
Palmer had the best penalty record in Premier League history before his effort was denied at Stamford Bridge. His 12-out-of-12 penalty record meant he sat above Premier League legends Yaya Touré (11 out of 11) and Dimitar Berbatov (nine out of nine) in the all-time list.
The England international has struggled for form of late. He has failed to score in his last eight games in all competitions and missed a host of presentable chances in the process.
He netted 27 goals and bagged 15 assists in a breakout campaign last season.
Speaking ahead of Chelsea’s game against Leicester, head coach Enzo Maresca said Palmer is not concerned by his lack of goals.
“When you score a goal you are more happy because your goals help the team to win. But overall Cole is fine. He’s happy,” Maresca told a news conference on Friday.
“He knows he’s struggled to score goals in this moment but that it’s something normal that during the season can happen. Watching him during the training session you don’t think it’s affecting him, he’s fantastic.”
Before the weekend, Palmer was one of two players with a 100% penalty conversion rate in the last five Premier League seasons — Callum Wilson being the other.
Information from ESPN’s Global Sports Research contributed to this report
