{"id":459222,"date":"2026-03-05T17:11:13","date_gmt":"2026-03-05T17:11:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/459222\/"},"modified":"2026-03-05T17:11:13","modified_gmt":"2026-03-05T17:11:13","slug":"estevao-willian-and-cole-palmer-react-to-hat-trick-vs-aston-villa","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/459222\/","title":{"rendered":"Estevao Willian and Cole Palmer react to hat-trick vs Aston Villa"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>   <a class=\"fw\" href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/preferences\/source?q=thechelseachronicle.com \" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\"> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"28\" height=\"28\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thechelseachronicle.com\/wp-content\/themes\/grv-media\/img\/google-discover.svg\" alt=\"\"\/> Add as preferred source on Google <\/a>  <\/p>\n<p>Joao Pedro continued to prove his worth to Chelsea with a classy hat-trick in their huge victory over Aston Villa in the Premier League.<\/p>\n<p>His goal tally now moves to 17 in all competitions for the Blues, with<a href=\"https:\/\/www.thechelseachronicle.com\/match-coverage\/joao-pedro-can-accomplish-what-diego-costa-did-twice-after-aston-villa-hat-trick\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"> Pedro having a chance to match Diego Costa<\/a> and reach the 20 mark.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thechelseachronicle.com\/match-coverage\/steve-mcmanaman-says-liam-rosenior-better-for-chelsea-hero-joao-pedro-than-enzo-maresca-was\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Liam Rosenior has injected life into Pedro\u2019s performances<\/a>, and with every Premier League game being massive, having a regular goalscorer is massive for the Blues.<\/p>\n<p>          BARGAIN: How much is Joao Pedro worth now? \ud83d\udd25 <\/p>\n<p class=\"grv-talking-point__subtitle\">Chelsea paid \u00a360m last summer.<\/p>\n<p>     <img decoding=\"async\" width=\"819\" height=\"1024\" loading=\"lazy\"  src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/TCC-54-819x1024.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-355975\" \/>       Estevao Willian and Cole Palmer praise Joao Pedro after hat-trick vs Aston Villa<\/p>\n<p>It is clear how much admiration the Chelsea players have for the summer signing right now, and a number of his teammates took to the Brazilian\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/DVeyujtiJas\/?img_index=1\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Instagram<\/a> to praise him for his performances.<\/p>\n<p>International teammate <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thechelseachronicle.com\/tag\/estevao-willian\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Estevao Willian<\/a>, who missed the game as he continues his recovery from injury, commented: \u201cThis is Joao Pedro. You already know the rest.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"687\"  src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/GettyImages-2264818840-1-1024x687.jpg\" alt=\"Aston Villa v Chelsea - Premier League\" \/>Photo by Chris Lee \u2013 Chelsea FC\/Chelsea FC via Getty Images<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thechelseachronicle.com\/tag\/cole-palmer\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Cole Palmer<\/a> also praised <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thechelseachronicle.com\/tag\/joao-pedro\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Pedro<\/a> after he returned to the scoresheet himself, with Reece James and Marc Cucurella also showing their admiration.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thechelseachronicle.com\/news\/cole-palmer-reveals-he-absolutely-loves-playing-with-one-chelsea-teammate\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Palmer has been full of praise for Pedro<\/a> all season, saying how much he enjoys playing alongside the striker since his move to the club from Brighton.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thechelseachronicle.com\/match-coverage\/chelsea-player-ratings-vs-aston-villa-joao-pedro-sublime-but-9-10-ace-the-key-to-victory\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Pedro scored a perfect 10 in our player ratings<\/a> for the game, starring alongside Palmer and Alejandro Garnacho in attack.<\/p>\n<p> Joao Pedro scores a perfect 10, but how would you rate his teammates? <\/p>\n<p>    <img decoding=\"async\" width=\"819\" height=\"1024\" loading=\"lazy\"  src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Aston-Villa-vs-Chelsea-ratings-819x1024.png\" alt=\"Chelsea player ratings vs Aston Villa\" class=\"wp-image-355881\" \/>Photo by Darren Walsh\/Chelsea FC via Getty Images       <\/p>\n<p>It is clear that the Brazil international is going to be one of the key players against PSG in the Champions League Round of 16 tie. The first leg of that kicks off next week.<\/p>\n<p>Before then, the Blues travel to Wales for an FA Cup tie against Wrexham, giving them an opportunity to rest a number of key stars.<\/p>\n<p>One of those will surely be Pedro, giving Liam Delap a chance to finally find his goalscoring touch after a tough season so far.<\/p>\n<p>Join Our Newsletter<\/p>\n<p>Receive a digest of our best Chelsea content each week direct to your mailbox<\/p>\n<p>   <script async src=\"\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Add as preferred source on Google Joao Pedro continued to prove his worth to Chelsea with a classy&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":459223,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[176,22348,59,400,101,56,54,55],"class_list":{"0":"post-459222","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-sports","8":"tag-cole-palmer","9":"tag-estevao-willian","10":"tag-gb","11":"tag-joao-pedro","12":"tag-sports","13":"tag-uk","14":"tag-united-kingdom","15":"tag-unitedkingdom"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/459222","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=459222"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/459222\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/459223"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=459222"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=459222"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=459222"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}