06.10.2009 13:38
Pedro just wants to improve
Jaume Marcet
Pedro's goals may well have proved decisive over the last few games, but the Barca youngster prefers to look to how he can learn from his mistakes and improve as a player.
One of the keys to Pedro's success so far with Barca is his humility and insistence on the need to
improve and speaking to the press this Tuesdsay he again stressed that he was determined to learn
and get better as a player, whilst not letting the praise for his recent performances go to his
head.
Self effacing
Despite the praise for his goal against Almeria, Pedro preferred to
look concentrate on the game as a whole: “I misplaced a lot of passes and did too many things
wrong to come out of the game happy with my performance. I've got to work on taking defenders on
and improving my passing and centres”.
Guardiola
As to his success so far, Pedro is clear where the praise should go: “the confidence
that Pep Guardiola has shown, giving me time on the pitch has been vital and I'm just trying to
make the most of the opportunities he's giving me”. Asked whether he could challenge Henry
for a starting place, Pedro commented: “I'm always fighting and training hard for a place,
but I think Thierry is playing really well right now”.
Goals in all the competitions
Pedro is the only Barca player to have scored in all four competitions the team have
been involved in so far this season -European and Spanish Super Cups, Lal Lliga and Champions
League and he noted: “I'll try and score in the World Club Championshops and the Spanish Cup
too , but if I don't it's no problem”.