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COLE PALMER’S heroics were not enough to steal all three points for Chelsea against Burnley.The Blues were twice pegged back by the 10-man Clarets as they played out a 2-2 draw at Stamford Bridge.Cole Palmer scored twice as Chelsea drew with BurnleyCredit: APDjordje Petrovic was beaten by both Josh Cullen and Dara O’SheaCredit: GettyPalmer, who thought he had won the match late one, was a constant threat both down the right and through the middle.Meanwhile, it was an afternoon to forget for Djordje Petrovic in the Chelsea goal.Here is how SunSport rated the rest of the Chelsea performances.Djordje Petrovic – 5Rarely tested but was at fault for both Burnley goals. Got his finger tips to Cullen’s first equaliser before throwing the ball into the net for the visitors’ second.Malo Gusto – 7Gusto was a constant threat down the right as he linked up with Palmer in attack, Could have got on the scoresheet on the stroke of half-time but was denied by Arijanet Muric.Axel Disasi – 6Composed in defence and dealt with a string of Burnley attacks well. The Frenchman thought he had given Chelsea the lead only for his goal to be ruled out for handball by VAR.CASINO SPECIAL – BEST CASINO WELCOME OFFERSBenoit Badiashile – 7A quiet afternoon defensively for Benoit Badiashile but he showed his calmness on the ball throughout the match. Produced several brilliant long balls to start attacks and get his side in behind the Burnley defence.Simon Jordan slams ‘pathetic’ Chelsea fans for criticising Todd Boehly Marc Cucurella – 6Looked bright going forward but caused problems by Lorenz Assignon before he was sent off. Afforded more chance to attack down the left after Burnley reduced to 10 men.Most read in FootballMoises Caicedo – 6Careless in possession early on and may have been punished by better opposition. The former Brighton man grew into the game as it progressed, though.Enzo Fernandez – 7Started a majority of the Chelsea attacks as he dominated the midfield. Unlucky not to score after his deflected strike was tipped over by Muric.Conor Gallagher – 6Difficult start in physical battle with Sander Berge before combining well with Palmer to create several openings. Booked for a clumsy high tackle on Charlie Taylor.Conor Gallagher struggled to cope in a physical midfield battleCredit: EPACole Palmer – 8Once again the Blues’ biggest threat as he twice went close early on. Showed calmness under pressure with an ice cool dinked penalty to open scoring.Nicolas Jackson – 6Limited by his service at times but Nicolas Jackson continued to work hard and gave the Burnley backline little rest with constant running and hold up play. Handed several half chances but unable to provide a meaningful test for Muric.Mykhailo Mudryk – 6Flattered to deceive down the Chelsea left with several stunning pieces of skill combined with a poor final ball. Fouled by Assignon to win the penalty.Mykhailo Mudryk endured a frustrating afternoon down the Chelsea leftCredit: ReutersSUBSNoni Madueke (for Gallagher 61’) – 6Looked bright down the right hand side after coming on, with his introduction allowing Palmer to move inside.Raheem Sterling (for Caicedo 73′) – 7Excellent flick to set up Palmer for his second. Showed moment of quality Chelsea were missing.Alfie Gilchrist (for Gusto 87′) – 6Replaced the injured Gusto and saw a late effort blocked as Chelsea chased a winner. More

JOE COLE slammed Newcastle’s medical team after several players were forced off with injury against West Ham.Newcastle have been plagued by injury issues all season long with the likes of Nick Pope and Callum Wilson long-term absentees.Captain Jamaal Lascelles was the first Newcastle star forced offCredit: GettyTino Livramento’s game was also ended earlyCredit: PASubstitute Miguel Almiron last just ten minutesCredit: GettyKieran Trippier, Sven Botman and Joelinton were also unavailable for the visit of West Ham, but things went from bad to worse for Eddie Howe during the 90 minutes.First captain Jamaal Lascelles went down after just 17 minutes and appeared to be in a great deal of agony.He was substituted and the Hammers took advantage as they equalised through Michail Antonio just four minutes later.West Ham then added a second deep in first-half stoppage time and went 3-1 ahead shortly after half-time.READ MORE IN FOOTBALLHowe was then dealt another blow through the injury to Tino Livramento in the 56th minute.The defender was subbed off for Miguel Almiron, who remarkably suffered an injury of his own and had to be taken off just ten minutes later.But his replacement Harvey Barnes – who missed months of the campaign through injury – invigorated his side and slotted home an equaliser before firing in a brilliant winner from distance.It was a defiant display from the Magpies considering their injury woes, which left TNT Sports commentator Joe Cole slamming the club’s medical team.Most read in FootballAlmiron’s replacement Harvey Barnes won the game for NewcastleCredit: ReutersBEST FREE BET SIGN UP OFFERS FOR UK BOOKMAKERCommentator Darren Fletcher asked Cole about the situation, adding: “[I’ve] never seen anything like it.”Cole responded saying: “I’ve played in teams with injury crises but this is a bit more than what I’ve ever seen.Sporting Director Dan Ashworth talks about his job at Newcastle United “But what I will say is it’s never really bad luck. It’s always to do with how training it, the methodology, overtraining players, there’s an art to it.”The problem at football clubs is you get lots of people from a sports science background, strength and conditioning and they’ve all got an opinion.”With situations like this it’s too many chefs spoiling the broth – players are going down left, right and centre.”I think it’s lazy to call it bad luck. For players like Almiron to come on and pull a hamstring after ten minutes, I’ve been in that situation, when you aren’t primed and right to be playing because you’ve either done too much in the gym or too much on the pitch.”We need to do better as football clubs at protecting players.” More

GARY LINEKER, Alan Shearer and Micah Richards revealed their biggest pet peeves in football.Lineker enjoyed a glittering career playing for the likes of Leicester, Tottenham, Everton and Barcelona.Alan Shearer revealed his biggest pet peeve in football after a legendary careerCredit: GettyShearer criticised Antony and Alejandro Garnacho for cutting in the box at Man UtdCredit: ReutersGary Lineker insists he can’t stand it when players diveCredit: GettyMicah Richards took a swipe at an annoying habits in midfieldCredit: GettyShearer, on the other hand, is the Premier League’s all-time top scorer with 260 goals under his name.And Richards won two major honours during his 10-year spell at Manchester City.The legendary trio have hung up their boots for a long time but there are still certain aspects of the beautiful game that bothers them to a point that they can’t control their frustrations.Shearer revealed that he can’t stand it when wingers cut inside the box and shoot instead of crossing the ball to the striker.Read More on FootballThat is why the Newcastle great insists he wouldn’t stand playing for the current Manchester United team as Antony and Alejandro Garnacho do this “all the time”.Shearer told The Rest is Football when asked to name his biggest pet hate: “Wingers cutting inside on their other foot and having a shot and not crossing it.”That would do my nut in playing for Man Utd with those two, Antony and Garnacho, who keep doing that all the time.”Richards went for a different flavour as he targeted a bad habit in midfield.Most read in FootballCASINO SPECIAL – BEST CASINO WELCOME OFFERSThe Sky Sports pundit responded: “When midfielders have the chance to play forward, but play backwards just to keep their pass completion up.”And Lineker went for something more relatable as he took a swipe at divers.Home Wins – Alex FergusonThe Match of the Day host replied: “I think mine is the squealing when players get slightly touched on their ankle and they go down like they’ve been shot by a sniper.” More