Cole Palmer Stars As Chelsea Beat Luton To End Dismal Year On High

Palmer opened the scoring in the 12th minute when he intercepted a loose pass from Issa Kabore before arrowing a low shot past the Luton keeper from 15 yards.

The former Manchester City youngster was then involved 25 minutes later in the move that saw Madueke make it 2-0.

Madueke collected a pass from Palmer before smashing a powerful shot into the top corner of Thomas Kaminski's goal.

That goal saw Palmer become the first Premier League player this season to score and assist in four different matches.

The 21-year-old then scored his second goal of the day in the 70th minute when he raced onto a through pass from Nicolas Jackson before calmly dancing around Kaminski and tapping home from close range.

Chelsea appeared to be cruising but Luton had the visitors hanging on by the end.

Elijah Adebayo had a goal disallowed for offside before rattling the Chelsea crossbar.

Ross Barkley then netted a legitimate goal by heading in from a Alfie Doughty corner to score against his former club.

Carlton Morris became the second Luton player to hit the woodwork before Adebayo made it 3-2 by pouncing onto a rebound after Alfie Doughty had forced a save out of Djordje Petrovic.

But Chelsea held on to claim three points that ensured that they will go into 2024 in 10th place in the EPL table.

Highlights: Luton Town 2-3 Chelsea

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