It had to be, didn’t it?
Pedro was named in Chelsea’s starting line-up by Jose Mourinho for their game against West Brom this afternoon and had an instant impact, scoring the opener and setting up the second for Diego Costa as the Premier League champions built a 3-1 first-half lead at the Hawthorns, before his second-half withdrawal with ten-man Blues hanging on to a 3-2 lead following John Terry’s sending-off.
It had to be painful watching for Manchester United fans, for whom Pedro seemed destined to sign, right up until he appeared alongside Cesc Fabregas at Cobham last week.
Naturally, the denizens of Twitter reacted in a measured way to the former Barcelona star’s performance.
Pedro has now scored as many P Lge goals this season as the entire Man Utd squad.
— Richard Keys (@richardajkeys) August 23, 2015
Pedro has already done more than Torres, Kezman, Cuadrado & Mutu did in their Chelsea careers combined
— Danny (@DannyTAlexander) August 23, 2015
You have to just laugh, Pedro 1-0
— Oisín Tormey (@DatTormeyFela) August 23, 2015
https://twitter.com/___Sharpy/status/635436668829454337
United fans didn’t get the joke, though…
I can slap both LVG and Woodward right now @ManUtd HOW COULD U MISS OUT ON PEDRO!!!!!! THE GOAL WE LOOKED FOR Y DAY HE JUST GAVE CHELSEA
— Mr. Onyinye (@theslickguy) August 23, 2015
Goal and assist for Pedro in 30 mins of premier league debut..well done Ed Woodard #clueless
— Ian Harrington (@Harry20Cork) August 23, 2015
Pedro with a goal and assist? No biggy, we have Adnan Januzaj.
— Gaurav Bachani (@Bachani23) August 23, 2015
United have scored two goals in three games. One of them was an own goal. Pedro takes 19 minutes to score for Chelsea. #didntwanthim
— Scott Patterson (@R_o_M) August 23, 2015
Although some remain in utter denial…
https://twitter.com/azfrsyfq_/status/635436677423456257
And, somehow, a Liverpool fan made it about them…
Not sure why #lfc didnt consider Pedro on Benteke. Suits the attacking play. Just praying Benteke is not another Carroll
— Slaw (@_seunlawal) August 23, 2015
