Barça midfielder Pedri: I had never scored a goal with my head!

Barça midfielder Pedri: I had never scored a goal with my head!

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The teenager scored Barcelona's first goal in the 3-2 win against Athletic

Pedri starred again as Barcelona beat Athletic Club 3-2 on Wednesday, scoring the first goal for his side with a header and setting up the second for Lionel Messi.

"I had never scored a goal with my head in my life," he told Movistar after the win. "I knew that Frenkie (de Jong) was going to fight for the ball and that if there was a rebound, I would be there. In the end, I got the goal."

For Pedri, the key was the team's reaction to going behind in the third minute: "We knew it was a really important game and that Athletic would look for Iñaki Williams' pace. When they score so early, it's normal to dip. We did the opposite. The team picked itself up and turned it around and got the three points."

Lethal partnership

Once again, his relationship with Messi on the pitch was one of the highlights, as seen in Barça second goal when his backheel set Messi up.

"It was a super quick play," he added. "Leo is coming behind me and tells me. If he doesn't say anything, I don't see it. I saw the goalkeeper had come out, made the pass and we got the goal."

Despite the win, Barça remain seven points of La Liga leaders Atletico Madrid, who have two games in hand.

"La Liga is very long and anything can happen," Pedri said. "We are going to keep fighting for first place and working hard."

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