Chelsea hat-trick hero Palmer snatches 4-3 win over Man United in thriller – Egypt Today

Chelsea hat-trick hero Palmer snatches 4-3 win over Man United in thriller – Egypt Today

Chelsea's Cole Palmer celebrates scoring their third goal Action Images via Reuters/Matthew Childs



(Reuters) - Chelsea staged a last-gasp comeback to beat Manchester United 4-3 with Cole Palmer bagging a hat-trick to turn a madcap Premier League match on its head after the Reds seemed to have staged their own unlikely turnaround in a thriller on Thursday.

 

Chelsea's top scorer Palmer struck twice deep into added time at Stamford Bridge to save the Blues who were on the verge of a 3-2 home defeat. United remain in sixth spot and still 11 points behind fourth-placed Villa albeit with a game in hand.

 

Timed at 100 minutes and 39 seconds, Palmer's clincher was the latest winning goal on record in a Premier League game.

 

Chelsea had raced into a 2-0 lead inside 20 minutes with a strike by captain Conor Gallagher and a Palmer penalty.

 

Goals by Alejandro Garnacho - after a Moises Caicedo error - and Bruno Fernandes before halftime and another in the 67th minutes by Garnacho turned the tide towards United, who are chasing qualification for next season's Champions League.

 

But with the Blues looking beaten, Diogo Dalot brought down Noni Madueke in the box and after a nail-biting VAR check Palmer stroked