Pedri's 'pure talent' praised by Premier League legends

Barcelona won 3-2 away to Paris Saint-Germain in a remarkable first leg of their Champions League quarter-final tie on Wednesday. Coach Xavi Hernandez decided to count on Pedri and Joao Felix when his team was trailing 1-2 in the second half.

Pedri's first contribution saw him float a ball forward for Raphinha, who arrived in the middle to meet it first-time on the volley, his shot beating Donnarumma to make it 2-2.

"Your bloods pumping right, you've just come on the pitch. The calmest man you know be able to play that pass that time of the game as he's just come on pretty first touch and then don't take anything away from the finish, outside of the left foot over the shoulder like so much to admire technically in that goal," English former player Peter Crouch said.

Manchester United legend Rio Ferdinand added: "That pass he plays there is such a hard pass to play straight, especially in the middle of the pitch to play a straight pass because you've got to judge where the goalkeeper is, if it's an inch or two too far the keeper runs through.

"If it's too short, the defender has it. He's only got really a small window of probably about half a meter to play in, and he gets absolutely spot on. To do that cold coming on after 51 seconds, that's just down to pure natural talent," he concluded.