Athletic 2-3 Barcelona Scored and assisted against Athletic
Pedri‘s role in Ronald Koeman‘s team is growing. The 18-year-old was during Barcelona’s 3-2 win over Athletic Club on Wednesday.
The teenager nodded Barcelona‘s equalizing goal at San Mames off the tee Lionel Messi to score with a beautiful rear wheel.
“Pedri shows that despite his young age he is very mature, ” Koeman said full time.
Messi also played a key role in the win, scoring a goal in both halves to jointly top the Pichichi standings at LaLiga Santander.
“Messi has always shown his game and his hunger, but today he did it with goals too, ” Koeman said. “He’s so important.”
The Barcelona boss also expressed satisfaction with his team’s dominance in the game after initially falling behind Inaki Williams‘target.
“The end result is a bit short because we were better in many phases”, Koeman added.
“They went up 1-0 and we had no defensive coordination, but then we checked [the game].
“I leave happy with the result and how we achieved it.
“We deserved to win because of our game and the odds [we created]. The team has done a fantastic job. “
Barcelona go to third place in the table with the win and now stand seven points from leader Atletico Madrid.
“We’re going to fight until the last game,” Koeman said at the title race.
“There is a hole [to the top] but we are on the right track. “