Cole Palmer scored his first Chelsea goal since September as the returning star helped his side beat Everton 2-0 in the Premier League on Saturday. Amid an injury-hit season, the Blues talisman opened the scoring before the excellent Malo Gusto doubled the hosts' advantage.

Chelsea fans treated Cole Palmer to a standing ovation as he called the shots in Saturday's 2-0 Premier League win over Everton, suggesting the Blues' stand-out player of the last two seasons is getting back to his best after an injury absence.

Report and free match highlights as Cole Palmer returned with a goal as Chelsea beat Everton 2-0 at Stamford Bridge; Malo Gusto got the other goal as the Blues ended a run of four games without a win in all competitions;

Chelsea star Cole Palmer has wasted absolutely no time in getting back up and running after an extended injury lay-off. Cole Palmer says he is ‘still dealing’ with his injury after firing Chelsea to win over Everton

Chelsea emerge as 2-0 winners against Everton on Saturday afternoon at Stamford Bridge, with Cole Palmer returning to the scoresheet after a lengthy drought.

Wasn’t alert enough to track Cole Palmer’s run and allowed the Chelsea dangerman to slip past him and fire in yet another goal against Everton, he’s up against it and got taken to the cleaners by Pedro Neto in the build-up to the second.

Sanchez, Gusto, W Fofana, Chalobah, Cucurella, Fernandez, James, Neto, Palmer, Garnacho, Joao Pedro. Everton XI: Pickford, O'Brien, Keane, Tarkowski, Mykolenko, Gueye, Garner, Ndiaye, Dewsbury-Hall, Grealish,