Ball absolutely bouncing of him again. As mcmanaman said, it needs to stick, throwing the hands about as well moaning because the perfect ball wasn't played into him......while at same time he couldn't play a ball himself. Reminded me of his time here
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Ball absolutely bouncing of him again. As mcmanaman said, it needs to stick, throwing the hands about as well moaning because the perfect ball wasn't played into him......while at same time he couldn't play a ball himself. Reminded me of his time here
Similar to the second half at Anfield to be honest. He was completely isolated. The very little involvement he had wasn't great anyway, but because we were penned back in our own half for much of the game, Lukaku wasn't really a factor. Not sure why we didn't use him as an out ball more often. The few times we managed to get the ball out to him, he managed to roll his defender before being rather cynically fouled. Both Laporte and Dias took yellow cards in those situations.
That only really happened once. He was OK in that aspect apart from the one time it bounced horribly off him.
It would have been a difficult game for any striker. But this isn't a game where Lukaku shines. Also had a few moments where you go, "ah there's United Lukaku"
1 in 2.
That’s what I don’t get with Lukaku either, it’s soo annoying to watch him play with the way he gets frustrated and points every single time he doesn’t get a pass he wanted.
Playing with him must be 100x annoying because he’s the worse with the ball at his feet and makes clumsy passes all over the pitch in that Chelsea team.
Classic Lukaku today 
Was getting deja vu at him pointing and throwing the hands up at times when it would be impossible to even hit the ball to him, and then if it managed to fluke to him you'd be expected his first touch to be spot on.
Was always the most frustrating aspect of him when he was playing for us
If you are trying to pin this loss on Lukaku, you are just stroking a hate boner. He was not bad.
Had to double check this wasn't me who posted this. Pretty freaky. The biggest chelsea fan i know is called Lewis and I can't stand the cnut.
Has a single person pinned the loss on Lukaku or are you just stroking a massive chip on your shoulder?
What?
No one pinned anything, it's main football forum, he's got his own thread where people can discuss his performance.
If that's too heavy for you, be best heading over to the shed for blue tinted chat.
It was a pretty par for the course performance for Lukaku against a team that isn’t cannon fodder.
Lukaku hasnot scored against bigger teams..again...Liverpool..Totenahm and Mancity .. his demons are back..
He's making the difference we all expected him to.
Theyd better hope he bangs them in against the cannon fodder because he turns wins against the big teams into draws and losses. Tuchel had the making of Liverpool and City last season, but not anymore. You can't match those teams with such a limited player in the lineup.
Theyd better hope he bangs them in against the cannon fodder because he turns wins against the big teams into draws and losses. Tuchel had the making of Liverpool and City last season, but not anymore. You can't match those teams with such a limited player in the lineup.
He wasn't that bad though yesterday?
Has he ever won a CL?
No but that's not really a measure of how great a player is as Zlatan Ibrahimovic has never won one but is still one of the best strikers of the last generation. Nor did RVP.
Neither has Maradona ever won a CL.
That's fair.
Do you think that Lukaku's supposed struggles vs top teams will lead to Chelsea winning a CL again with him being the main striker against ALL top teams? Just want to know your opinion.
Think Tuchel may have to use Havertz a bit more in some top games.
If Liverpool can win a CL with Firmino, I think Chelsea can win it with Lukaku. Might need some favorable draws though.
Nor Ronaldo.Neither has Maradona ever won a CL.
I think Chelsea would be more likely to win another CL by mitigating Lukaku's weaknesses than playing to his strengths. That may include dropping him for big games as he's shown he's mostly unable to impose himself against well set-up defences.
Great as he was, he would be crucified for that CL-record in todays internet-age.
Of course there is luck involved, he also had injury struggles, but he did play for top teams for the vast majority of his time in Europe.
Then again, his NT record arguably makes up for it.
Chelsea won the CL last season with a miss firing Werner, though granted he makes up for that in other areas. They can clearly win the big trophies with Rom uptop, but others may need to be more relied upon.
Same old Lukaku.
He was mostly anonymous, but City forced us into just parking the bus so he was isolated for most of the game. This forum hyper focuses on his negatives though, so you'd get the impression he's a walking disaster if you're just reading this thread.
He had chances where he could have done way better than he did. Like the Werner cross where he fluffed at the ball or the counter you had vs 2 city defenders and Lukaku instead of playing a through pass played the ball straight at the city defender...
If you had Havertz in his place you might have fluked a win.
majority of caf don't even watch football. take Cavani for example. he was being called donkey on here even after 15 years of consistent scoring and making fools of defenders. they see one bad miss or missplaced pass and that's all they remember.
Neither has Maradona ever won a CL.
Or R9
Could have done better is still not necessarily very bad though. He was okay-ish with the little involvement he had. Held the ball up decently enough when he had the chance with the occasional stray touch or pass. I'm just saying reading this thread, your selection of gifs in particular
, you'd think he dropped a 0/10 disasterclassHe kind of is though.
Doesn't score against the better teams, his record against the top teams is actually appalling for a player with over £200m of transfer fees.
He can't control or trap a ball very well, can't pass very well, can't dribble very well. He is a great goal scorer against the average to poor teams but that is it.
He is not a very good footballer really, he is just a good goal scorer.
This is the only forum that views Lukaku like that. Yes he has his limitations but saying a player who has over 300 career goals is a walking disaster is quite the claim.
Nothing has changed with him. His ability to flat track bully teams might be enough for Chelsea in the league but his performances against the top teams will always be inadequate.
He's always been a good poacher and flat track bully but simply doesn't have that overall sublime skill to boss big games. It might change though. In many ways he's kind of the opposite of Drogba despite them being big and strong and all. He's a valuable player to have in the team but he's so unskifull compared to the last generation of strikers like Torres, Surarez, Aguero, Rooney, Drogba, Benzema, Zlatan etc. However because of he's geniunely good poacher he'll probably retire with a very good goal tally.
Yeah, blaming this on Lukaku is a huge stretch. And I'm being generous.
I was told yesterday by my City supporting mate that Lukaku is the best back to goal striker in world football…stunned to say the least.
Also my City supporting friend says Lukaku is probably top 3 strikers atm, so don't know what's the thing about their fixation on Lukaku. Btw he showed same old vs top clubs.