ROMELU LUKAKU amazingly only touched the ball TWICE during the first half of Chelsea’s clash at Crystal Palace.
The Belgian striker scored in both of the club’s Club World Cup games to reach double figures for the season at last for Thomas Tuchel’s side.
That is still less than both he and supporters would have expected after the Blues forked out £97.5million to Inter Milan for him last summer.
The 28-year-old will have been desperate to keep up his improved form at Selhurst Park.
But even the ever-confident forward must have been left wondering what was going on at the break.
Lukaku only got to touch the ball twice during the opening 45 minutes against the Eagles – and embarrassingly one of those was from the kick-off.
Opta revealed the surprising stat at the break via Twitter, and Chelsea fans were torn whether it was the ex-Manchester United and Everton man’s fault or the lack of service to him.
One tweeted: “No service. I don’t blame him at all. Sarr and AC as full backs don’t cross the ball at all.”
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Another commented: “No he got zero supply.”
Another said: “Tuchel completely mismanaging this dude. Why even go for him if you aren’t going to provide him service?”
But not everyone had his back, as a fellow fan wrote: “Why can’t he move for the ball then ?? Cus each time his teammates attempt to find him in space, he has a big tall defender marking him which makes it hard for him to get fed in situations like this where a defender is on him.
“Lukaku doesn’t do himself justice, he lacks movements.”
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