Livestream Bar Dec. 13 After Chelsea's 3-2 win over Leeds United, former Premier League striker AbonLaho spoke about some of the Blues' current situation on a talkSPORT show. Abonlajo believes that Lukaku should no longer be on the bench, he could have started long ago.
Abonlaho said: "I think Tuchel needs someone to wake him up because I saw Lukaku on the bench again, a £90m striker who has only played 78 minutes in the last four Premier League games, he's not missed five months, just five games. ”
"I've been through a situation where if you can play 20 minutes in a game after missing 5 games, then you're ready to start. You don't need another 4 games, but now players like Werner are ahead of him in the order of appearances – and Werner is not up to the standard of Chelsea players. ”
"Werner is still far behind because since he joined Chelsea he has been in far less form than expected. He didn't do well enough, he would have scored brilliant goals in a strange game, but he didn't do enough. If I were Lukaku, I would think: 'I left Inter for Chelsea and my transfer fee was £90m, but now I can only get a chance at this time because they need to score in the 87th minute'. ”
"If the team keeps the lead, then Lukaku probably won't play. That would make Lukaku angry, who started the season as a key player and there were even reports that he needed a break as he played almost every minute of the Champions League and Premier League. But suddenly he couldn't play, and in order of appearances ahead of him were Werner and Havertz, who didn't perform much. ”
"It doesn't make sense, if I were Chelsea's manager I would think: 'We paid £90 million for this player and I'm going to get him into the game'. Lukaku will not change the form of the beginning of the season, let him play he will score goals. I'm a little worried about Chelsea and the way they're playing at the moment. ”
"At the start of the season, until the last three or four games, everyone was saying: 'Wow, Chelsea don't concede a goal at all, they rarely give their opponents that chance'. But now, they conceded a lot of goals. It's not like Chelsea, where did their changes appear? They have experienced injuries, but their defensive line-up is still similar. ”
"They have Rudiger and Thiago Silva, they still have the top defenders, but even with such a reserve of personnel, Marcos Alonso still has a situation where he has shoveled the opponent in the penalty area and sent a penalty, why do you have to give the opponent a penalty in that action in your own box? Rafinha is an attacker, he breaks through your line, but why are you going to kick him down there? ”
(Ma Dongyu)