Alejandro Garnacho praised the impact of Joao Pedro throughout our 4-1 win over Aston Villa – a recreation the winger likened to a ‘closing’ – with the South American duo combining for the ultimate aim of the Brazilian’s hat-trick.
After three Premier League video games with no win, it was the right response from the Blues throughout a rampant show at Villa Park. Although the hosts had opened the scoring early on, we answered again completely – Joao Pedro was in the suitable place to equalise earlier than his delicate chip fired us into the lead heading into the break.
Following the interval, Cole Palmer made it three earlier than Garnacho’s squared cross was transformed by Joao Pedro to safe victory, and accomplished the ahead’s first league hat-trick of the season. Winger Garnacho was on media duties post-match, the place he praised his team-mate’s efficiency and the significance of his objectives in our quest to safe a Champions League spot.
‘It’s loopy, the man is simply scoring objectives,’ Garnacho mentioned, talking of Joao Pedro. ‘The confidence is very high, and he is helping us a lot, so we are really happy for him.
‘He’s performing how he is aware of to carry out. He is a high striker, top-of-the-line on the workforce, and I simply handed it to him due to the hat-trick.’
The 21-year-old knew how vital victory at Villa can be as we closed the hole on the highest 4 final evening, and he was significantly happy to see such a constructive response after going a aim behind within the West Midlands.
He continued: ‘It was a really good win. I think we got a good result at a difficult stadium. We are really proud of the group and happy to get the three points.
‘We knew after our last game, it was [almost like] a final today. We are a group that works really hard, so we came here and gave everything to the badge.
‘We have to win to take their top four place, and I think we have done a fantastic job, so we are really happy.’
