Ghost Rider
Player Valuation: £8m
Chelsea passed the ball 518 times with a pass accuracy of 82%..... one of Luakakus touches was from kick off.....
This was against Crystal Palace......... Harry Kane against Man City had 37 touches. Two strikers - one playing an elite team and one playing a poor team - the one playing the poor team broke a record for the least touches ever over 90 minutes in the prem.
I admire you trying to defend him but really it was a waste of time.
I didn't watch the game personally so I'll put to you , how many of the 518 passes Chelsea made were to Lukaku?
If you believe Lukaku should be spending his time tackling and winning the ball up the pitch then you have him confused for a midfielder.
Funny you should mention how many touches were made by Kane , given 3 of those touches were his team mates creating a chance for him to score. I was under the impression that the midfield play to the striker, so if they don't play to the striker , striker can't touch the ball.
Just a very odd thing to attack Lukaku for. When people pass him the ball, whether it's Everton, inter, united , Belgium etc, he scores goals. When you don't pass him the ball , the reaction is to criticise him for it?
Lukaku is going to be one of those players that will retire with a fantastic goal haul and for some reason only the English will not rate him.