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\t<\/div>Joe Cole has described Joao Pedro as a \u2018monster\u2019 for Chelsea after their 4-2 win against Wrexham in the FA Cup on Saturday.<\/p>\n
Liam Rosenior\u2019s side survived a scare against their Championship opponents as they needed extra time to secure their place in the FA Cup quarter-final draw.<\/p>\n
Wrexham took the lead twice in the game before they were reduced to 10 men in the 90th minute. Chelsea capitalised in extra time as Alejandro Garnacho and Pedro both found the net to seal their victory.<\/p>\n
Pedro has now scored 11 goals in his last 12 games for Chelsea and is in sublime form ahead of Chelsea\u2019s Champions League last-16 first leg against Paris Saint-Germain on Wednesday evening.<\/p>\n
\u2018He\u2019s a monster, he really is,\u2019 Cole told TNT Sports.<\/p>\n
\u2018I think he\u2019s decided what he\u2019s already doing [for his goal vs Wrexham], he\u2019s playing with them, he takes the centre-half over to the left, drags him back, he actually strikes it into the floor, everything he\u2019s hitting at the moment going in.<\/p>\n Metro<\/strong>‘s Head of Sport James Goldman delivers punchy analysis, transfer talk and his take on the week’s biggest stories direct to your inbox every week.<\/p>\n Sign up here, it’s an open goal.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n \u2018He plays that No.9 role, he plays it not like an Erling Haaland where he\u2019s constantly on the shoulder, he will drop in and drift in because he\u2019s got quality.\u2019<\/p>\n Ben Foster, who was a pundit alongside Cole for the FA Cup tie, played with Pedro at Watford and believes the Brazilian\u2019s versatility in attack is what makes him such a threat.<\/p>\n \u2018I\u2019ve got to say I\u2019m so happy to see Joao doing really well,\u2019 Foster said.<\/p>\n \u2018I was with Joao at Watford, you could see all the raw elements were there, he had that real bit of Brazilian flair about him and nastiness as well.<\/p>\n \u2018But to see him now in the Premier League doing it week in, week out. He played on the left for us, on the right, up top, he could do all of those little positions and I think that\u2019s why he\u2019s scoring so any goals and being so effective, he\u2019s taking positions and defenders don\u2019t know where he\u2019s going to be.<\/p>\n \u2018I was really surprised he didn\u2019t start tonight, to be honest, because when somebody has just scored a hat-trick, confidence, especially strikers, they feed off this ego and when they score a hat-trick they just want to score more and more. To see him come on I thought, \u2018oh no, here we go\u2019.\u2019<\/p>\n For more stories like this,\u00a0check our sport page<\/strong>.<\/p>\n Follow Metro Sport for the latest news on ![\"WREXHAM,](\"https:\/\/metro.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/SEI_288345918-c3a9.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&w=646\")
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