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Cole Palmer scored four goals to put Chelsea within touching distance of the Premier League’s top six after a 6-0 win over Everton on Tuesday (AEST).

The England international has been a shining light in an otherwise disappointing campaign for the Blues and moved level with Manchester City striker Erling Haaland’s 20 Premier League goals in the race for the Golden Boot.

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Palmer killed the game as a contest as he completed his hat-trick inside 30 minutes before Nicolas Jackson also struck before halftime.

A penalty from Palmer and Alfie Gilchrist’s first goal for his boyhood club rounded off the scoring in the second half.

Despite an eight-game unbeaten Premier League run, Chelsea remain in ninth but are now just three points adrift of sixth-placed Newcastle with a game in hand to come.

And they will head into Saturday’s FA Cup semi-final against City confident they can end the holders’ quest for a second consecutive treble.

A demoralising defeat leaves Everton still perilously placed just two points above the relegation zone.

The Toffees appealed against a two-point penalty for breaking Premier League sustainability rules on Monday, having also been docked a further six points for another charge this season.

How Everton could do with the boost of recovering some of those lost points as the battle for survival looks set to go down to the wire.

Nottingham Forest visit Goodison Park in a huge relegation six-pointer on Sunday and Sean

Dyche’s men will need to improve at both ends of the field to prolong their 70-year stay in the top flight.

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