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  "path": "/2026/02/05/what-noni-madueke-told-cole-palmer-after-arsenal-beat-chelsea-in-the-carabao-cup-26718289/",
  "publishedAt": "2026-02-05T17:06:35.000Z",
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  "textContent": "Cole Palmer and Noni Madueke were in deep conversation after Chelsea’s defeat to Arsenal (Sky Sports)\n\nA lip reader has revealed what Noni Madueke told Cole Palmer in the immediate aftermath of Chelsea’s defeat to Arsenal in the Carabao Cup semi-final on Tuesday night.\n\nPalmer started on the bench for the game at the Emirates Stadium and was brought on as a second-half substitute with Chelsea needing to overturn a 3-2 defeat from the first leg at Stamford Bridge.\n\nHowever, Liam Rosenior’s side struggled to trouble Arsenal, who went on to snatch a late 1-0 win with Kai Havertz’s goal in injury time to secure their place in the Carabao Cup final against Manchester City at Wembley on March 22.\n\nAfter the full-time whistle, television cameras caught Madueke having a conversation with his former teammate Palmer as they left the pitch.\n\nAccording to professional lip-reader Nicola Hickling who studied the footage for Compare.bet, Madueke was talking to Palmer about his hopes of making England’s squad for the World Cup this summer.\n\nMadueke is said to have told Palmer: ‘That’s what I’m saying to you. You know what the plan is. Just come back. It won’t harm you. Take it. You should play at the World Cup.’\n\nCole Palmer looked unhappy as he spoke with Liam Rosenior after Chelsea’s Carabao Cup exit (Getty)\n\n##  Get your football fix\n\nDon't want to miss the week's biggest football stories? **Metro's** exclusive football newsletter, In The Mixer, is your essential guide.\n\nFrom the latest transfer rumours and managerial moves to analysis of the biggest games and a lot more, our experts have you covered.\n\nSign up here, it's an open goal.\n\nIn his response to Madueke, Palmer partially covered his mouth but Hickling claims to have been able to read part of what he said, ending his comment back to his former Chelsea teammate with the phrase, ‘at fault here’. Madueke responded and appeared to say: ‘Yeah, okay.’\n\nSpeaking at his press conference on Thursday, Rosenior insisted Palmer ‘understands the bigger picture’ as he continues to manage the 23-year-old’s minutes due to a recurring groin injury.\n\n‘What we’re doing with not just Cole, all of the players. We have the very best medical team. We have the very best sports science team. We do many tests. We want to make sure that these players can play at the level that they need to play at to help us win,’ Rosenior said.\n\nTo view this video please enable JavaScript, and consider upgrading to a web browser that supports HTML5 video\n\nUp Next\n\nPrevious Page\n\nNext Page\n\n‘So, in terms of Cole, there isn’t a time frame where he’s going to be perfect in a month or two months or three months. It’s just game-to-game. And that’s the way that we’ve been working with him. And I think that is the way we will have to continue working with him and a few of our players.\n\n‘He’s been magnificent. He’s been magnificent. He wants to be playing every minute of every game. We know the player that he is, the character that he is, but he’s also maturing as a human being. And he understands the bigger picture, which is his career.\n\n‘Bearing in mind, I’m very conscious of this, the lads played in the Club World Cup and then they went through the summer with no break. And they’ve got to play so many games. Our schedule has been crazy. Then they have World Cups to go to and international games to play.\n\n‘I want to make sure that the wellbeing is correct for these players, for their careers as well.’\n\n**For more stories like this,check our sport page**.\n\n**Follow Metro Sport for the latest news on**Facebook, **Twitter and Instagram**.\n\nComment now Comments  Add Metro as a Preferred Source on Google Add as preferred source ",
  "title": "What Noni Madueke told Cole Palmer after Arsenal beat Chelsea in the Carabao Cup"
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