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LONG GAME PAYING OFF FOR PEDRO
Irish Daily Mirror
|December 22, 2025
AFTER a slog on the Tyne Joao Pedro admitted Chelsea went route one to bring goals to Newcastle.
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Chelsea's £60 million Brazil striker ended a five-game Premier League goal drought to fire the Blues level as they fought back for a point at St James' Park.
The 24-year-old was a summer target for the Geordies - and showed just what they missed out on by making the most of Malick Thiaw's slip in an aerial challenge for a long Robert Sanchez clearance to sprint through and claim his sixth of the season.
This story is from the December 22, 2025 edition of Irish Daily Mirror.
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