Romelu Lukaku has been blasted by fans online for his lacklustre marking that led to Plymouth Argyle to go 1-0 up against Chelsea.
In the FA Cup Fourth Round at Stamford Bridge, the Pilgrims opened the scoring when Macaulay Gillesphey nodded them in front on eight minutes after he latched onto a free-kick.Subsequent replays, however, showed that it was Lukaku who was supposed to be marking the defender, and it looked as though the 28-year-old hardly jumped in an attempt to win the ball.Blues fans fumed online, saying that the Belgian was being ‘weak’ for not defending the ball well.One supporter wrote: “Lukaku weak as s*** there.”Another raged: “Incredibly weak from Lukaku.”Someone wrote: “Ffs….
Not only did Lukaku put them onside weak jump for their goal.”Others went gave the striker both barrels: “And Lukaku the biggest waste off Roman’s millions keeps started.
Couldn’t do it against lower opposition in Chesterfield and Plymouth so far. When Havertz or Werner get a chance.”One last one said: “Lukaku was supposed to be an upgrade, I give it a year, by this time in January he should reunite with Conte we’d gladly receive Kane.Do you think Chelsea need to give Werner another chance?
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