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Pedro can prove himself

The moment you knew Pedro would thrive in the Premier League came after his goal and after his assist on his debut at West Brom.

It did not, it seems, make the highlights shows or the post-game analysis but it managed, in the space of no more than 10 seconds, to illustrate quite why the £21.2 million Chelsea gave Barcelona for the 28-year-old should prove money well spent.

It went like this: Pedro had embarked on a run, darting from the right wing across to the left, ghosting past a couple of players on the way. Technical skill, deployed with a dash of adventure?