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Defeat Chelsea from Manchester City leaving a lingering question. Where to Romelu LukakuWhy can’t you see it in the game?
Lukaku started when Chelsea hosted City at Stamford Bridge, Saturday (25/9/2021) night WIB yesterday. The Blues are also championed to win considering their recent performance.
In addition, Chelsea are still difficult to beat by City because they have won their last three meetings, including in the Champions League final. The presence of Lukaku who appeared sharp with Inter Milan made City predicted to be increasingly difficult to win.
Unfortunately, in the sixth week of the match, Chelsea seemed to have lost their spurs in attack. Lukaku, who was expected to be able to attack the Chelsea defense, actually collapsed.
Lukaku was barely able to do much during the 90 minutes on the pitch. He only touched the ball 21 times, the lowest among the players who started in that game.
Ruben Dias and Aymeric Laporte were able to carry out their duties well. Not even a successful dribble was made by Lukaku and instead lost the ball 16 times.
As a result, Lukaku was in the spotlight because he again appeared sluggish in big matches. After scoring a goal against Arsenal in the second week, Lukaku failed to score when Chelsea met Liverpool, Tottenham and City, which incidentally are top teams.
When Lukaku was criticized, Thomas Tuchel as a manager defended him. According to Tuchel, Romelu Lukaku performed poorly because of the tactical errors used by him.
“I don’t think it’s important to talk about Romelu’s poor performance today,” Tuchel was quoted as saying ESPN.
“When the ball was passed to Romelu, it was like it was difficult for us to attack because there were no friends to help and that was because the players were unsure and didn’t have a good connection. This is a team problem, not an individual,” he continued.
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