Radamel Falcao: Me and Pedro know each other’s traits very well at Chelsea

Nice: Radamel Falcao says it was good to score a headed goal against Crystal Palace
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Vaishali Bhardwaj12 September 2015

Radamel Falcao has revealed he and Pedro Rodriguez understand each other's playing style very well from their time in Spain, and insisted Chelsea need to use the crossing abilities of the Chelsea winger to start winning games.

Falcao scored his first goal for the Blues following his summer loan move from Monaco against Crystal Palace after Pedro provided a low cross from the right that the striker headed in at the near post.

Jose Mourinho's side went on to lose the match 2-1 despite Falcao's fine diving header, and the Colombian has now admitted Chelsea must use their strength in the wide areas to help him and fellow striker at Stamford Bridge, Diego Costa, score more goals.

"Pedro knows my traits," Falcao told Chelsea's official website. "And I know him as well and, for that reason, in the last match I started to run forward because I knew Pedro was going to cross.

"In the Premier League, some teams use a lot of crosses and others not too much, but I think we have very good attackers with that strength and we can use that for winning games."

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When then asked about his penchant for scoring headers, Falcao said: "I have scored many goals with my head, ever since my time with River Plate in Argentina and then after at Porto and Atletico Madrid.

"It is nice to score with my head again. I think it is one of my skills, one of my scoring strengths.

"I have scored some goals similar to the one against Crystal Palace. I don’t remember the most recent but it would have been for Porto or Atletico."

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