{"id":416107,"date":"2026-02-09T11:07:10","date_gmt":"2026-02-09T11:07:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/416107\/"},"modified":"2026-02-09T11:07:10","modified_gmt":"2026-02-09T11:07:10","slug":"eden-hazard-had-unforgettable-day-12-years-ago-cole-palmers-had-no-trouble-replicating-it","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/416107\/","title":{"rendered":"Eden Hazard had unforgettable day 12 years ago, Cole Palmer&#8217;s had no trouble replicating it"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>In the Premier League era, Eden Hazard and Cole Palmer are two of the best footballers to have played for Chelsea.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thechelseachronicle.com\/tag\/cole-palmer\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Palmer<\/a> has proven his credentials once again after scoring a hat-trick in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thechelseachronicle.com\/club\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Chelsea\u2019s<\/a> 3-1 win against Wolverhampton Wanderers on Saturday.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thechelseachronicle.com\/match-coverage\/cole-palmer-breaks-two-premier-league-records-after-chelsea-smash-wolves\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Palmer\u2019s three goals saw him make history<\/a> as the attacking midfielder set a record at Molineux.<\/p>\n<p>Palmer scores on his 100th start. Has any Chelsea player done more than him in that amount of games?<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" loading=\"lazy\"  src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/GettyImages-2259764647-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"Chelsea's English midfielder #10 Cole Palmer celebrates\" class=\"wp-image-350793\" \/>Photo by Darren Staples \/ AFP via Getty Images       <\/p>\n<p>As for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thechelseachronicle.com\/tag\/eden-hazard\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Hazard<\/a>, he has the goals and the trophies to cement his status as one of Chelsea\u2019s greatest ever.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"578\"  src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/GettyImages-467822913-1024x578.jpg\" alt=\"Chelsea's Belgian midfielder Eden Hazard celebrates scoring\" \/>Photo credit should read GLYN KIRK\/AFP via Getty ImagesEden Hazard scored his first Chelsea hat-trick 12 years ago<\/p>\n<p>Like Palmer, Hazard has also managed to score a hat-trick in the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thechelseachronicle.com\/tag\/premier-league\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Premier League<\/a>. In fact, he did so on this exact day 12 years ago.<\/p>\n<p>In the 2013\/14 season, Chelsea took on Newcastle United at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thechelseachronicle.com\/club\/stadium\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Stamford Bridge<\/a> and won 3-0, with Hazard netting all three goals.<\/p>\n<p>The retired winger scored twice from open play and once from the penalty spot. His second goal saw him combine excellently with Samuel Eto\u2019o before putting the ball into the back of Newcastle\u2019s net.<\/p>\n<p> Who had the better individual season? \ud83d\udd25 <\/p>\n<p>    <img decoding=\"async\" width=\"819\" height=\"1024\" loading=\"lazy\"  src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Eden-Hazard-Cole-Palmer-819x1024.png\" alt=\"Eden Hazard's 2018\/19 stats and Cole Palmer's 2023\/24 stats at Chelsea\" class=\"wp-image-350440\" \/>Photo by Richard Heathcote\/Getty Images\/Clive Rose       <\/p>\n<p>The very same season, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thechelseachronicle.com\/throwbacks\/chelsea-signed-him-for-nothing-and-were-rewarded-with-a-hat-trick-vs-manchester-united-exactly-12-years-ago\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Eto\u2019o was also able to score a hat-trick<\/a>, punishing Chelsea\u2019s Premier League rivals Manchester United.<\/p>\n<p>Fast forward to now, Palmer is the one bagging hat-tricks for Chelsea. And at 23, there will be more to come.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" loading=\"lazy\"  src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/GettyImages-2260409300-1-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"Cole Palmer of Chelsea pose with the match ball\" class=\"wp-image-350848\" \/>Photo by Chelsea Football Club\/Chelsea FC via Getty ImagesCole Palmer has already surpassed Eden Hazard\u2019s number of Chelsea hat-tricks<\/p>\n<p>Hazard is a Chelsea great, but following his treble at Molineux, Palmer has double the number of hat-tricks that the former Belgium international has in the Premier League.<\/p>\n<p>Hazard only ever recorded two, with his second coming against Cardiff City in his final season at Chelsea.<\/p>\n<p>Palmer, on the other hand, is now on four after his latest versus Wolves. Before that, the 23-year-old scored hat-tricks against Brighton &amp; Hove Albion, Everton and United.<\/p>\n<p>This is only Palmer\u2019s third season at Chelsea as well. He has had no trouble doing what Hazard did for the club during his days in west London.<\/p>\n<p>With Palmer looking back to his best again, Chelsea supporters will be hoping to see their talisman bag another hat-trick before the campaign ends.<\/p>\n<p>Join Our Newsletter<\/p>\n<p>Receive a digest of our best Chelsea content each week direct to your mailbox<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"In the Premier League era, Eden Hazard and Cole Palmer are two of the best footballers to have&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":416108,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[176,84804,59,221,101,56,54,55],"class_list":{"0":"post-416107","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-sports","8":"tag-cole-palmer","9":"tag-eden-hazard","10":"tag-gb","11":"tag-premier-league","12":"tag-sports","13":"tag-uk","14":"tag-united-kingdom","15":"tag-unitedkingdom"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/416107","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=416107"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/416107\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/416108"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=416107"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=416107"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=416107"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}