{"id":21289,"date":"2026-02-07T21:53:07","date_gmt":"2026-02-07T21:53:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/diyhaven858.wasmer.app\/index.php\/cole-palmer-breaks-all-time-chelsea-hat-trick-record-overtakes-legends\/"},"modified":"2026-02-07T21:53:07","modified_gmt":"2026-02-07T21:53:07","slug":"cole-palmer-breaks-all-time-chelsea-hat-trick-record-overtakes-legends","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/diyhaven858.wasmer.app\/index.php\/cole-palmer-breaks-all-time-chelsea-hat-trick-record-overtakes-legends\/","title":{"rendered":"Cole Palmer breaks all-time Chelsea hat trick record, overtakes legends"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p>Cole Palmer moved clear of some Chelsea legends on Saturday as he scored his fourth hat trick for the team, setting a new club record in his side&#8217;s 3-1 win over Wolves.<\/p>\n<p>Tolu Arokodare scored a consolation for the league&#8217;s bottom side in the second-half but it wasn&#8217;t enough with Palmer&#8217;s first-half strikes proving more than enough for Liam Rosenior&#8217;s side.<\/p>\n<p>The first-half treble against Wolves was Palmer&#8217;s fourth for the club in the Premier League in just three years and saw him better the tallies of Jimmy Floyd-Hasselbaink, Didier Drogba and Frank Lampard who all managed three during their long careers in west London.<\/p>\n<p>Palmer scored twice from the spot before a well-taken finish inside the box in the 38th-minute secured the hat trick, the win on the day, and the record for the former Manchester City forward.<\/p>\n<p>It proved to be an afternoon to remember in more ways than one for Palmer whose hat trick ranked as Chelsea&#8217;s third fastest in Premier League history (38 minutes). He also holds the record for the fastest (29 minutes vs. Everton) and second fastest (31 minutes vs. Brighton).<\/p>\n<p>It also saw Palmer become the first player in Premier League history to register three first-half hat tricks.<\/p>\n<aside class=\"inline inline-photo full\">\n<figure><picture><source data-srcset=\"https:\/\/a1.espncdn.com\/combiner\/i?img=%2Fphoto%2F2026%2F0207%2Fr1611742_1296x729_16%2D9.jpg&amp;w=570&amp;format=jpg, https:\/\/a1.espncdn.com\/combiner\/i?img=%2Fphoto%2F2026%2F0207%2Fr1611742_1296x729_16%2D9.jpg&amp;w=1140&amp;cquality=40&amp;format=jpg 2x\" media=\"(min-width: 376px)\"><source data-srcset=\"https:\/\/a1.espncdn.com\/combiner\/i?img=%2Fphoto%2F2026%2F0207%2Fr1611742_1296x729_16%2D9.jpg&amp;w=375, https:\/\/a1.espncdn.com\/combiner\/i?img=%2Fphoto%2F2026%2F0207%2Fr1611742_1296x729_16%2D9.jpg&amp;w=750&amp;cquality=40&amp;format=jpg 2x\" media=\"(max-width: 375px)\"><img class=\" lazyload lazyload\" data-image-container=\".inline-photo\" height=\"320\" width=\"570\"\/><\/source><\/source><\/picture><figcaption class=\"photoCaption\">Cole Palmer put his name into the Chelsea history books on Saturday.\u00a0<cite>Darren Staples \/ AFP via Getty Images<\/cite><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/aside>\n<p>And it didn&#8217;t stop there as Palmer overtook John Terry (41) into second for most goals scored by English players for Chelsea in the Premier League (44), leaving him chasing Lampard, who managed a whopping 147.<\/p>\n<p>Palmer joined Chelsea from Man City in 2023, registering 44 goals in 84 appearances since becoming the star man at Stamford Bridge.<\/p>\n<div class=\"flourish-embed flourish-chart\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/soccer\/story\/_\/id\/47857508\/visualisation\/27551944?2490397\"><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/public.flourish.studio\/visualisation\/27551944\/thumbnail\" width=\"100%\" alt=\"chart visualization\"\/><\/noscript><\/div>\n<p>There have been reports out of west London in recent weeks that Palmer is eyeing a return to Manchester after feeling homesick in the capital, but boss Liam Rosenior has since made light of those.<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; <strong>Premier League live updates: Arsenal vs. Sunderland; Wolves vs. Chelsea<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>And speaking after the Wolves win, Rosenior talked up his star forward, labelling the hat trick hero &#8216;unstoppable&#8217; after a record-breaking afternoon.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;When he&#8217;s fully firing and feeling good he&#8217;s [Palmer] a magnificent footballer,&#8221; Rosenior said.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;When you&#8217;re at this club with these demands and scrutiny, which I&#8217;m starting to learn myself, you have to block out the noise and remember what a good player you are.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We know what a world-class player he is. 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