Chelsea ratings: Cole Palmer leads the way again but Caicedo has a shocker as he gives away penalty
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COLE PALMER and Nicolas Jackson showed shades of Chelsea stars gone by in what was a feisty and action-packed draw at Stamford Bridge. The Blues' Senegalese forward was on red-hot form as he beat three Bournemouth players on the halfway line before slotting an inch-perfect ball into the feet of Cole Palmer who sat the keeper on his backside and finished with aplomb.
![[Cole Palmer of Chelsea celebrating a goal.]](https://www.thesun.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/cole-palmer-chelsea-celebrates-scoring-963750570.jpg?strip=all&w=640)
Moments later he was at it again, shrugging off two men before rattling the post, mere centimetres from doubling his sides' lead. But, as has been the story here this season Chelsea and Jackson failed to capitalise on their dominance and Bournemouth found their way back into the game from the penalty spot.
![[Reece James of Chelsea celebrates scoring a goal.]](https://www.thesun.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/reece-james-chelsea-celebrates-scoring-963771672.jpg?strip=all&w=682)
The Cherries got on top of the Blues from there, and a left-footed peach from Antoine Semenyo fired them into a 2-1 lead, with it looking as though the three points were headed back to the seaside. That was until substitute Reece James fired in a free-kick at the death which saw it end level at 2-2, which sees Chelsea now winless in their last FOUR Premier League games.
![[Chelsea vs. Bournemouth match stats infographic.]](https://www.thesun.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/the-sun-22-23-match-stats-3a8e2182-42f1-488c-b358-b168510d8525.png?strip=all&w=960)
Here's how SunSport's Lloyd Canfield rated the players... His (or Enzo Maresca's) insistence on playing the 'riskiest pass in football' almost cost his side in the first half, but he wasn't caught out on this occasion. Couldn't do an awful lot about either of the goals, a pretty average performance.
![[Cole Palmer's Chelsea vs Bournemouth stats: 50 touches, 1 goal, 1 dribble, 29 passes, 4 shots, and was fouled twice.]](https://www.thesun.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/the-sun-22-23-player-stats-17c1ab61-8301-4249-9ecc-22fecb4d0af9.png?strip=all&w=960)
