Morgan Rogers has the final say on whether Cole Palmer STOLE his ice cold celebration - as Rio Ferdinand tells the Aston Villa star how to hit back at his Chelsea pal

Aston Villa guardant Morgan Rogers reminded shot fans erstwhile again that Cole Palmer stole what has now go nan Chelsea superstar's iconic ceremony from him.

Supporters person grown accustomed to watching Palmer hide nan shot successful nan backmost of nan nett and to instantly swipe his arms arsenic if he's emotion nan wintertime temperatures.

So erstwhile Rogers scored past play for Villa and celebrated successful an identical manner, he was fundamentally labelled a copycat.

Rogers did nan aforesaid ceremony erstwhile he scored for Villa successful their 2-2 tie against Ipswich past Sunday arsenic well.

But aft Villa's stunning 1-0 triumph complete Bayern Munich successful nan Champions League, Rogers wanted to group nan grounds straight.

When asked if it was existent Palmer had stolen his celebration, Rogers told TNT Sports: 'Yeah, it's true.'

Manchester United awesome Rio Ferdinand added: 'He's (Palmer) tally pinch it arsenic well, you've fto him tally pinch it. You request to commencement scoring goals!'

Despite being nan original root for nan celebration, Rogers felt Palmer's singular grounds of 31 games successful 53 appearances for Chelsea successful each competitions allowed him to telephone it his own.

'I'll fto him person it,' Rogers said.

'He's scored 40 goals aliases thing stupid. Can't really reason pinch that, tin I?'

When it comes to nan ceremony timeline, Rogers utilized it erstwhile he scored nan victor for Middlesbrough successful a Championship fixture against West Bromwich Albion connected December 23 past year.

Palmer past utilized it a week later erstwhile Chelsea hit Luton Town 3-2, pinch nan attacking midfielder bagging a double.

Rogers moreover utilized nan ceremony erstwhile he scored for Villa successful a 2-2 tie against Chelsea past season and was instantly asked if he had copied Palmer.

'He decidedly copied me,' Rogers said aft nan match.

'It's my celebration. Check nan timeline, I did it first.'

The brace are highly adjacent pals having featured together for Manchester City's younker teams earlier Palmer moved connected to Chelsea successful 2023 while Rogers joined Middlesbrough.