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Chelsea’s Palmer Focused on Team Trophies Ahead of Individual Awards 

Chelsea's English midfielder Cole Palmer poses with the Men's PFA Young Player of the Year in the winners backstage during the 2023-2024 Professional Footballers' Association (PFA) awards, at the Opera House, in Manchester, northern England, on August 20, 2024. (AFP)
Chelsea's English midfielder Cole Palmer poses with the Men's PFA Young Player of the Year in the winners backstage during the 2023-2024 Professional Footballers' Association (PFA) awards, at the Opera House, in Manchester, northern England, on August 20, 2024. (AFP)
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Chelsea’s Palmer Focused on Team Trophies Ahead of Individual Awards 

Chelsea's English midfielder Cole Palmer poses with the Men's PFA Young Player of the Year in the winners backstage during the 2023-2024 Professional Footballers' Association (PFA) awards, at the Opera House, in Manchester, northern England, on August 20, 2024. (AFP)
Chelsea's English midfielder Cole Palmer poses with the Men's PFA Young Player of the Year in the winners backstage during the 2023-2024 Professional Footballers' Association (PFA) awards, at the Opera House, in Manchester, northern England, on August 20, 2024. (AFP)

Chelsea's Cole Palmer was pleased to be named the PFA's Young Player of the Year on Tuesday but the attacking midfielder said helping the club win trophies is more important than earning individual accolades.

The 22-year-old scored 22 goals in 34 Premier League appearances in his first season with Chelsea after leaving Manchester City. He featured in five of England’s seven European Championship matches, scoring in the final loss to Spain.

Palmer said he set the Players' Player of the Year trophy as his telephone wallpaper last season as motivation but emphasized that his focus is on team success.

"The (last) whole season was a great season for me personally and hopefully, we can kick on this season," Palmer told Sky Sports.

"I want to win trophies with Chelsea, that is the main thing, and then the individual awards are nice... It's on me to produce for Chelsea and that's what I plan to do."

Palmer, the third Chelsea player to win the award after Scott Parker and Eden Hazard, recently extended his contract with the club until 2033.

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Vardy Scores on Premier League Return as Leicester Holds Tottenham to 1-1 Draw 

Leicester's Jamie Vardy celebrates scoring his side's first goal during the English Premier League soccer match between Leicester and Tottenham Hotspur at King Power Stadium in Leicester, England, Monday, Aug. 19, 2024.(AP)
Leicester's Jamie Vardy celebrates scoring his side's first goal during the English Premier League soccer match between Leicester and Tottenham Hotspur at King Power Stadium in Leicester, England, Monday, Aug. 19, 2024.(AP)
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Vardy Scores on Premier League Return as Leicester Holds Tottenham to 1-1 Draw 

Leicester's Jamie Vardy celebrates scoring his side's first goal during the English Premier League soccer match between Leicester and Tottenham Hotspur at King Power Stadium in Leicester, England, Monday, Aug. 19, 2024.(AP)
Leicester's Jamie Vardy celebrates scoring his side's first goal during the English Premier League soccer match between Leicester and Tottenham Hotspur at King Power Stadium in Leicester, England, Monday, Aug. 19, 2024.(AP)

Jamie Vardy still knows how to score in the Premier League.

The 37-year-old striker rescued a point for Leicester in its return to the Premier League on Monday by heading home a second-half equalizer in a 1-1 draw against Tottenham, which had largely dominated the first half.

Tottenham had plenty of opportunities to build a bigger lead, but new signing Dominic Solanke was among those guilty of missing chances.

Instead, it was Spanish defender Pedro Porro who made Tottenham’s early superiority count after 29 minutes when he got between two Leicester defenders to head James Maddison’s cross into the net at the far post.

But Vardy, who was key to Leicester’s stunning Premier League title win in 2016 and has remained with the club since then, was left unmarked to head home an equalizer.

A corner count of 9-0 gave some indication of Spurs’ dominance in the first half but Vardy’s goal changed the game completely.

Steve Cooper’s team suddenly looked a lot livelier and both teams had chances to win in a busy last half hour.

“Tottenham are a really good team but we gave them too much respect, and we started getting after them and it changed the momentum,” Vardy told Sky Sports.

Vardy spurned a good chance in the 70th minute when he was able to run clear on goal but his low shot was saved by Guglielmo Vicario. At the other end, Richarlison sent a header wide deep into injury time with the last chance of the match.

“It is a disappointing night for us,” Tottenham manager Ange Postecoglou said. “We need to be more ruthless in front of goal. We were that dominant, we should have been well away from the opposition. To be that wasteful tonight when we had so much of the ball and territory, it is disappointing.”

The game was halted for eight minutes late in the second half after Tottenham midfielder Rodrigo Bentancur sustained a head injury. The Uruguayan received oxygen and taken off on a stretcher, but Postecoglou said he was “conscious and communicating.”