Cole Palmer Damages Record Of 100 Percent Goal Penalty Throughout His Career

Cole Palmer missed a penalty when Chelsea won over Leicester City (Instagram/@colepalmer10).

JAKARTA - Cole Palmer's perfect penalty record ended on Sunday, March 9, 2025, when his penalty kick was parried by goalkeeper Mads Hermansen in Chelsea vs Leicester City in the Premier League.

The 22-year-old, who was later said by Chelsea's manager, Enzo Maresca, was sick, his low shot was well parried by Hermansen who fell to the left. The collector was born from a foul on Jadon Sancho.

Even so, Chelsea finally won three points thanks to Marc Cucurella's hard kick which led to the bottom corner of the net in the 60th minute. The Blues also won with a narrow score of 1-0 at Stamford Bridge.

However, the win couldn't keep Palmer's slick record. He had the best penalty record in Premier League history before his shot was parried at Stamford Bridge.

The previous penalty record was 12 goals from 12 chances which put him above the Premier League legend Yaya Toure (11 of 11 penalties) and Dimitar Berbatov (nine of nine penalties) on the all-time penalty record list.

"Cole, yesterday didn't train. At night, (he) didn't feel well. The reason why he didn't train yesterday was because he wasn't feeling well."

"So this morning he got up and asked me that he wanted to be on the pitch to help this team, this club to play (in) the Champions League."

"So, in the last two days, he really couldn't sleep because of the fever. I don't know if it's something I can say in English. Diarrhea."

"So, in the last 48 hours, he hasn't trained and he's been very sick with this kind of fever and bad feelings."

"However, this morning he asked to play and this shows how these players want to take the club to where it should be," Maresca told a news conference after the match.

The England international has recently had difficulties in his performance. He failed to score in his last eight games in all competitions and missed many decent chances in the process.

He scored 27 goals and 15 assists in an incredible season last season.

Speaking ahead of Chelsea's match against Leicester, Maresca said Palmer was not worried about the lack of goals he scored.

"When you score goals, you will be happier because your goal helps the team win. However, Cole is overall fine. He is happy."

"He knows that he's having trouble scoring goals right now, but it's a natural thing to happen during this season. Seeing him during training sessions, you don't think it affects him, he's fantastic," said Maresca.

Before the weekend, Palmer was one of two players with a 100 percent penalty conversion ratio in the last five Premier League seasons--Callum Wilson was another player.