Joao Pedro is Chelsea’s form player right now, and he did his part last night.
He scored one, assisted one, and while he did miss one chance to win it late on with a header, nobody is blaming him for that.
JP on Chelsea’s disappointing result
Joao Pedro scored his lovely chip against Leeds.
Joao Pedro scored his lovely chip against Leeds. (Photo by Mike Hewitt/Getty Images)
“We are very frustrated. We started well, controlled the game. 1-0, 2-0, in the end we conceded. This season has been like this. We have to be more consistent and focused to kill the game. Tomorrow we have to look at ourselves and improve,” the striker said.
“We need to clear the ball [for the second goal]. If you wait, what happened will happen. We need to be more focused and not concede like this. I think when things like this happens then you could win the game, I had a chance and Cole had a chance. It was not our day. We need to concentrate.”
“Of course. It’s a missed opportunity. Not only today, other games at home we dropped points. We had a lot of chances. Second half started good. We need more consistency. We cannot drop points like this.”
“I try to improve every day in training. I’m showing on the pitch what I’m capable of but I have a lot to improve..”
You can see the striker speaking in the clip embedded here:
"It wasn't our day"
Joao Pedro talks late chances and gives his assessment on Chelsea's 2-2 draw with Leeds…
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In other news…
More bad news from the game came on the subject of Marc Cucurella. The defender hurt his hamstring, and right now we’re just hoping it’s not too serious. Rosenior gave his update, which you can see here.
In the same presser, the link up between Cole Palmer and Joao Pedro was mentioned. Rosenior chose to spread the praise out to the whole team, who had played some great football at times in the game.
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