One word — accompanied by a beaming smile emoji — captioned the story posted on Cole Palmer’s official Instagram account earlier this month, commenting on a clip of his spectacularly impudent first of four goals in a 6-0 home win over Everton a year ago.

In the embargoed section of yesterday’s press conference, manager Enzo Maresca was asked about Cole Palmer’s continued goal drought, which stretches all the way back to mid-January,

Enzo Maresca claimed Cole Palmer’s goalscoring drought was a “mental” issue ahead of the game, insisting it couldn’t possibly have anything to do with him, his tactics or a style of football that’s seen Chelsea slip from title challengers to Champions League qualification outsiders having become properly embedded at Stamford Bridge.