Joao Pedro stole the show, but Rosenior praises Chelsea star who did “everything right” vs Aston Villa | OneFootball

Liam Rosenior has praised the performance of Alejandro Garnacho against Aston Villa and claimed he did “everything right” on the pitch.

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The Blues ran out emphatic 4-1 winners on Wednesday night at Villa Park, as they recovered from going a goal down in the first five minutes to record an emphatic win.

Joao Pedro stole the show with a brilliant hat-trick, whilst Cole Palmer also scored as the Blues moved up to fifth in the league.

Liam Rosenior praises Alejandro Garnacho

Garnacho was handed his first start since the win against Hull in the FA Cup, with the Argentine the only winger Chelsea had availalble.

Rosenior had praised Garnacho in the build-up to the game for the way he’s trained, and he certainly repaid his manager’s faith.

Garnacho put in an impressive performance against Aston Villa. (Photo by George Wood/Getty Images)

Garnacho arguably put in his best performance in a Chelsea shirt and was involved in a lot of the good moments Chelsea had.

The Argentine provided the assist for Pedro’s hat-trick, and whilst the Brazilian stole the headlines, Rosenior was quick to praise the 21-year-old.

“He was outstanding. I’ve had a lot of conversations with him. I said to him, ‘I knew he would play well tonight’, just because of how he’s training,” he told TNT Sports.

“When you’re professional, you do everything right on the training pitch and take it onto the pitch. The intensity he has trained at, it’s no coincidence he’s played like that today.

“I love how unselfish he was to set up the goal for Joao.”

Joao Pedro continues brilliant form

Pedro has now scored 14 league goals this season, and is looking to become the first Chelsea striker since Diego Costa to score 20 league goals in a single season.

The Brazilian has been in sensational form since Rosenior arrived and has scored 10 goals under the Englishman, and eight in his eight league games in charge.

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Pedro will likely find himself on the bench against Wrexham in the FA Cup on Saturday, but Chelsea will need him to continue that good form against PSG in the Champions League next week.

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