Premier League Player of the Week: Palmer rediscovers top form against Fulham

[p][a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/palmer-cole/h8agbDt7/"]Palmer[/a] looked back to his best in the [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/chelsea/4fGZN2oK/"]Blues[/a]' opening league fixture, running the game as the [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/game/soccer/chelsea-4fGZN2oK/fulham-69ZiU2Om/?mid=C2Nfvg77"]Xabi Alonso era got underway with three points[/a].[/p][p]The 24-year-old fed in [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/joao-pedro/CAmJERl2/"]Joao Pedro[/a] to record an assist after just 31 seconds and was returned the favour in the second half as he scored through [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/leno-bernd/jwRV63z0/"]Bernd Leno[/a]'s legs.[/p][p][b]He completed five dribbles and had nine touches in the [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/fulham/69ZiU2Om/"]Fulham[/a] box as he recorded a 9.2 [i]Flashscore[/i] player rating.[/b][/p][image alt="Palmer v Fulham" id="1b14d808-d2f8-4b0a-9794-0ea29ce5546d" credit-line="Action Images via Reuters / Matthew Childs / Opta by Stats Perform" guid="c9a7f133-0437-4abf-bf4b-df48d1f6a211" original-width="1080" original-height="1080" /][p]Next up, [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/game/soccer/chelsea-4fGZN2oK/luton-SlybbadF/?mid=6w0mFqW1"]Chelsea host Luton in the EFL Cup second round on Wednesday[/a], before [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/game/soccer/brighton-2XrRecc3/chelsea-4fGZN2oK/?mid=849SZXGE"]returning to league action at home to Brighton on Sunday[/a].[/p][infobox id="02b45e73-9abc-454d-882a-650a1a621f7d" /]