In the latest round of the Premier League, Liverpool challenged Chelsea away, and the two teams fought a big offensive battle, which vividly expressed the Premier League's offensive football philosophy. It was a wonderful showdown, and not only did the two teams score the same number of goals, but they also had almost the same number of possessions, shots, and threats. Chelsea abandoned Romelu Lukaku in this game, while the Belgian star scored consecutive goals in the previous two league rounds.
Lukaku's two games after returning from injury have been outstanding, but in this match against Liverpool, manager Tuchel did not arrange for Lukaku to play, because Lukaku said something hurtful to Chelsea executives and fans in the interview. 'Our whole family wanted to live in Milan city and I didn't have any plans to go to Chelsea, but I came to Stamford Bridge when Inter told me it was impossible to renew my contract and Chelsea offered me an offer.'
'If Inter renews my contract, I will stay at Inter, Inter has always been in my heart, one day I will return to Inter, I have fallen in love with Italy and I have had the best time of my career there.' Lukaku's words did not take into account the face of the Chelsea hierarchy, so they had to punish the Belgian star, so in such a crucial game against Liverpool, Lukaku did not make it to the big list.
Coincidentally, in the summer of 2020, Neymar publicly said before the start of the season that the best game of his career was to follow Barca to paris Saint-Germain in the Champions League. Neymar's remarks were also punished by the Paris hierarchy, which was to fail to appear in several games at the beginning of the season. It's just that Lukaku, like Neymar, did not choose silence but chose the hard Chelsea top.
Shortly after Chelsea's match against Liverpool, the club's column became Inter Milan in the profile of Lukaku's social media account. Although some people speculate that Lukaku's account may have been tampered with by hackers, this is not particularly likely. Lukaku chose to play with the club, and head coach Tuchel also stepped forward to explain that it was not his decision not to let Romelu Lukaku play.
Tuchel explained: "The abandonment of Romelu Lukaku was not decided by me sitting in my office, I consulted with several senior players and in the end I made the decision on behalf of the team and we have to protect the values of this club. Then Tuchel said: "Lukaku's interview was not the worst thing, not letting him play was to protect the game, he is still our player, I will find time to talk to him." ”
The Lukaku interview continued to ferment, and Manchester United star Neville expressed his opinion. First Neville publicly praised Tuchel for making the right decision, and then he said that if he objectively evaluates Lukaku's remarks, he cannot criticize him for expressing his true thoughts, but from Chelsea's point of view, Lukaku's remarks are absolutely not allowed to happen, after all, Lukaku now plays for Chelsea.
Neville also talked about Lukaku's departure from Manchester United, saying that when Lukaku left Manchester United, he was not sad at all, because He never felt Lukaku's loyalty to the club, and I always felt that there was a big problem with his professional attitude. Neymar finally predicted that Lukaku would stand up and apologize in the coming days, and Chelsea and manager Tuchel were right.