In 2022, Lukaku continues to be a talking point player. After publicly expressing a desire to return to Inter to spark discontent with the club, the Belgian centre-forward clashed with teammate Ziyech against Breton.
In an away match against Brighton, Ziyech scored first for the Blues, while Webster equalised for Brighton in the second half. After the end of the first half, when walking into the players' tunnel, Ziyech covered his mouth to communicate with Lukaku, and the expression on his face was enough to show how dissatisfied Ziyech was.
After hearing Ziyeh's words, Lukaku kept waving his arms and then covering his mouth in response. Until entering the player channel, the two were still communicating.
"The reason for the fierce exchange between the two is that after Ziyeh's pass mistake, he was criticized by Lukaku, who believed that if Ziyech's pass had not been wrong, he would have been given the opportunity to score." ”
This was also confirmed by Tuchel, who said in an interview, "They are not happy, it's normal, they all want to get better, we want them to get more." We look tired, and we do. ”
In addition, after the goal was broken, Ziyeh did not celebrate. The Sun commented, "This has aroused the attention of fans and further worried that the atmosphere in the Chelsea dressing room is not ideal. ”
Not only did Lukaku not score, but he also had only eight touches in the first half, the first of all the players, and this is the second consecutive game in which the Belgian has touched the bottom of the first half.