Former Chelsea winger Joe Cole has referred to Joao Pedro as a ‘monster’ after he came on and scored for Chelsea again against Wrexham in the FA Cup on Saturday night.
For Chelsea this season, Pedro has got an incredible 23 direct goal involvements in all competitions so far this season.
- 18 goals
- 5 assists
That’s incredible, and so much more than any Chelsea fan would have expected when he joined the club.
I thought he was a decent signing at the time, but I never expected him to have the incredible impact he has had, and lately, he is reaching some top top levels.
Pedro is a player who likes to get on the ball and drops in, which is why he is also a good attacking midfielder. I still think that might be his very best position, but he’s also proven to be a very good striker of late as well.
‘He’s a monster, he really is,’ Cole said about Pedro on TNT Sports.
‘I think he’s decided what he’s already doing [for his goal vs Wrexham], he’s playing with them, he takes the centre-half over to the left, drags him back, he actually strikes it into the floor, everything he’s hitting at the moment going in.
‘He plays that No.9 role, he plays it not like an Erling Haaland where he’s constantly on the shoulder, he will drop in and drift in because he’s got quality.’
The defending here was terrible, but Pedro had one thing in his mind, and I love this confidence and directness about him…
He deserves his flowers…
