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Chelsea head coach Liam Rosenior said he expects to see the best of a “fully fit” Cole Palmer after his two assists against Napoli secured a Champions League last-16 place.Palmer came off the bench at half-time and set up Joao Pedro for a brace which turned the match at the Stadio Diego Armando Maradona on its head and gave the Blues a 3-2 victory to bypass February’s play-off round.

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00:00The introduction of Cole at half-time seemed to help the team and obviously he had two assists.
00:05Was it a plan to have him to make an impact or was it a feeling?
00:10It was a fitness-related decision.
00:11Can you just talk us through that?
00:12I think it's a combination of both.
00:14There was no way...
00:15...that Cole could have started this game and played through to 60, 70, 80 minutes.
00:20I knew Napoli had a difficult time with injuries.
00:23I felt that later in the game we were...
00:25...would be stronger and I felt Cole's performance was magnificent.
00:28Not just his quality, his pressure.
00:30He's running for the team and we need to look after him.
00:35We've had so many games over a long period of time.
00:37We need to look after him and I think the way that he's managed...
00:40...himself in the last two weeks has been magnificent and hopefully we can now see the best of him now.
00:45...that he's fully fit.
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