Played really well today. Some poor finishes and some great goalkeeping.
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His finishing against top 6 is always atrocious. It has to be a mental thing. Someone like Drogba or Aguero, they absolutely thrive on the big occasions.
He misses too many against top teams for it to be a coincidence.
I've never said Lukaku is great either. And anyone who did would be guilty of the same short term thinking you're accusing me, and others criticising him, of.
Can't fault him for anything, hit the post, made one chance for himself and had 1 on 1 saved by Leno. His movement and hold up play has been great.
You can say anyone else was poor but anyone watching that game sees we were in the game, and dominating them second half. The only thing missing was finishing our chances. That's Lukaku's job.
Hope he continues to play like that and we know he can finish so i give him a pass on this one.
We just seemed half a step away from scoring 2 or 3 today, it was really frustrating.
We just seemed half a step away from scoring 2 or 3 today, it was really frustrating.
People always engage in this fallacy with forwards where they get hung up on misses, instead of making the realisation that the sign of a top forward is getting loads of chances and converting an average amount of them, rather than being clinical. I’d much rather see Rom continuing to get chances when he blanks, as oppoed to not being in the game at all, as a couple of months ago. Rom’s performance today was far more of a positive than negative for me. He did the hardest part and got the chances.
Every now and then things come off, but it's always a surprise when it does.
That was one of his best footballing performances for the club. More of that that in tandem with goals and he will change a lot of minds.
He played very well but he has to be burying at least one if not two of those chances he had.
You're mostly right.
Ran with the ball well and his passing was good. His first touch (apart from that one brilliant take down) was crap. He missed 1 certain goal and a couple of good chances. His movement in midfield was good, but in the box still poor.
He did everything today apart from finish. I thought it was a great forward performance apart from that and it's a shame cause that's what people will remember. Ultimately missed chances cost games.
Strikers miss chances. I am not excusing him because he should have score at least one (probably the first). He just bagged twice against PSG, he is in positive form.
Thought he was good, though his partner was want though. Really could have done with a bit more clinicality, but Leno was excellent.
Ha!
True, he basically did what most wished with 'I want more from him'. Must be said he needs to score a couple today. Crucial misses.
Had very good game overall but top striker must score those chances. No excuses there. When you are striker you must deliver. He didn't
He was far better then Rashford today. He can’t always be the reliable goalscorer and Rashford was all over the shop with his decision making.
Great that he got in for his chances today but missing them all was really poor and has cost us the game.
Don't wanna be too harsh on him after his recent form, but he was poor today, wasted really chances that we would have maybe scored against smaller teams. His record against top teams is just poor, it's hard to rely on him.
Could have played for two hours and not scored. Some nice touches but he left his shooting boots in France. One he will want to forget.
Yes?
It didn't take long for some of you pals.
You're talking as if this is a blip in a long run of good showing.
Its frustrating how some fans just pull up goals scored justifying lukakus place in the starting eleven.
The guy has qualties but isn't at the level we need.
One goal in 17 against top 6, Not sure by which metrics that was a good game from him.
I understand MOTM is subjective, but you had Lukaku ahead of Shaw?
No need to exaggerate that much in order to hype up the contrast you're describing.
The big chances fell to Lukaku and he failed to take them.
Football's a game of opinions eh?
You saw what you wrote, I saw that he missed 2 maybe 3 sitters.
He should have felt free to convert a couple of easy chances he got today. Usually you would criticize his all around play and appreciate his goal scoring. It was the opposite today.
Rom looked very sharp again today and was just unlucky with his finishing. I don't buy the argument that he didn't play well today whatever the reason.
Not gonna blame him for his chances today, ‘cos he was one of our best performers and has been frankly outstanding lately when we really needed him to step up in an injury crisis... but at the end of the day, consistency is the difference between the very good and the great.
He’s won me over in terms of keeping him around though. But we do need something more in attack, especially if Rashford’s learning curve takes another season.
He’s won me over in terms of keeping him around though. But we do need something more in attack, especially if Rashford’s learning curve takes another season.
Great performance today but he has to take at least one chance.
1 goal in 17 against the top 6, suggests this
Except sticking the ball in the net which is his principal job
He's always been a streaky striker, having long period of drought, followed by a purple patch, but that's just not good enoughe. He must score from the chances he had today, 2nd chance I can forgive him for but that first one he should be able to convert blindfolded.
There was maybe one chance in which he should have scored, other than that there was one in which he created all by himself and Leno had a great save 1 on 1.
Yeah, I have nothing against Shaw and he was again great today and showed more of his attacking force but I just think the other stuff Lukaku did like the hold up, the touches, the link ups edged it for me.
Awful finishing, was good at the other stuff. He should've banged in that 2nd half chance first time. It was on his favoured foot too, so what's he doing taking a touch there.
Well I guess you call a sitter which I don't.
Hm okay. That beautiful ball control and pass for Dalot aside, he wasn't all that effective in link-up and hold-up aspects of the game imo.
He was good at moving through the defence. Terrible at actually putting the ball in the net. It's a stretch to call it a good performance but people love doing it with players who've been criticised.
Really poor finishing today but the rest of his game was really good till about the 75 min.
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