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Pedri: I’d never scored a header before in my life

Pedri put on a show for Barcelona against Athletic on Wednesday night, scoring his third goal of the season to make it 1-1 after Inaki Williams had opened the scoring.

The 18-year-old stooped to head past goalkeeper Unai Simon after good work from Lionel Messi and Frenkie de Jong.

Pedri spoke to reporters after the game and said he thinks it’s the first header he’s ever scored.

“We knew it was an important game. We knew they would look for Inaki with his speed and that’s how they scored the first goal but we got past that and took three very important points

“If you concede a goal early you can drop your heads, but we showed a lot of self belief and that didn’t happen.