Barcelona manager Gerardo Martino has praised the tenacity of winger Pedro following his hat-trick in the club's 5-2 victory over Getafe.

Barca trailed by two goals, but produced a comeback thanks to Pedro and a brace from Cesc Fabregas to win the game.

"[Gerard] Pique should have scored [to make it] 1-0, then we had 10 to 20 extremely poor minutes which could have cost us, but we kept our style and had 70 more good minutes," Martino said after the game.

"[Pedro] played a fantastic game, he always scores. But it was above all a solid team performance. Pedro's secret is that he never gives up. That's why every coach ends up loving him."

Barcelona occupy first position in La Liga with 46 points.

Written by
Christopher Dodd