“In the dressing room we told him to handle Palmer” – Slot reveals who keeps Cole Palmer quite
Cole Palmer has had a significant impact on Chelsea since joining the team, and he has been outstanding this season, scoring goals and providing assists for fun.
Despite playing the full minutes against Liverpool, Cole Palmer appeared off pace and was benched, and Arne Slot has now praised Curtis Jones for keeping Palmer quiet.
“I think everyone that saw the game knows that this wasn’t easy and I said before that Chelsea showed in the second half of last season how good a team they are,” Slot told Sky Sports in his post-match interview.
“They invested even more so, for us, it’s very good that we made a bit of a gap towards them because they will be, in my opinion, at the end of the season in and around the top of the Premier League.”
Speaking on Curtis Jones, he added: “He was very good. Very good individual performance. I think the whole team worked very hard.
“Curtis had a difficult job, he had to control Cole Palmer, which is not easy because this player has some quality.”
On Liverpool managing to keep Palmer quiet, Slot added: “It’s a team effort but Curtis was mostly responsible for that.
“He did that really well and he added some really important moments to it.
“He was two times involved in penalties and score the goal so he was, in both parts of the pitch, very important for us.”