After the match, Tuchel congratulated Lukaku.
Romelu Lukaku probably couldn't believe that he had to wait so long to get Chelsea to believe in himself!
In the early morning of August 23, Beijing time, Chelsea won arsenal 2-0 away in the second round of the Premier League, with the victory of this game, Chelsea repaid the revenge of being "double killed" by Arsenal last season, but the victory of this "North West London derby" is more important for Chelsea, they finally know that Lukaku is really very strong.
In the 15th minute of the match, Reece James's pass tore through Arsenal's entire defence, and Lukaku, who had just joined the team and had only made his debut for Chelsea in the game, easily pushed in front of the goal, and Chelsea took a 1-0 lead.
Chelsea's first goal came so easily.
Despite being in an away game, the goal undoubtedly drove all Chelsea fans crazy, not only because they scored early in the derby, but also because the player who scored the goal was Lukaku, the player who once played for Chelsea but let Chelsea down.
The ecstasy of Chelsea and the Chelsea fans does make some sense. After all, As the most important new signing the Blues have invested heavily in this summer, Lukaku is already an old acquaintance of Chelsea and Chelsea fans, because Lukaku joined Chelsea as early as the 2011-2012 season – of course, Lukaku was only worth one-tenth of what he is today.
But Lukaku's experience with Chelsea was a complete failure for both him and for the Blues. From 27 August 2011, when Chelsea made his Blues debut on the bench in a 3–1 home win over Norwich, until Chelsea could not bear to finally "sell it off", the Belgian striker, who was not well known at the time, did not score a single goal in the 15 games for the Blues.
After Lukaku conceded a penalty, Chelsea conceded the 2013 Super Cup.
What disappointed the Blues even more with Lukaku was perhaps his last game at Chelsea. In the 2013 Super Cup final with Bayern, Lukaku, who came on as a substitute for Torres in the 98th minute, became the only player to miss a penalty in the final penalty shootout, which also made Chelsea, who was still in the Mourinho era, regret missing the Super Cup.
If this Lukaku is enough to disappoint Chelsea, what is even more disappointing for Chelsea is that Lukaku, who was quickly sent to Everton after the Super Cup, not only scored in the first game for Everton, but also beat West Ham 3-2 with his goal in the 83rd minute.
In fact, this is not the first time Chelsea have realized that they are not compatible with Lukaku, who scored a total of 17 goals in the Premier League in the 2012-2013 season when he joined West Bromwich Albion on loan from Chelsea, and he was not only the team's top scorer, but also ranked 6th in the top scorer list in the Premier League that season.
Lukaku was voted the best of the game.
Leaving Chelsea was a flash, and back at Chelsea there was no chance to score, not even a penalty, so Chelsea firmly parted ways with Lukaku. And if that wasn't exciting enough, another statistic might have made Chelsea feel even more frustrated, with Lukaku scoring 113 Premier League goals during his time at West Bromwich Albion (17 goals), Everton (68 goals) and Manchester United (28 goals), with his goals even equaling Ian Wright.
This may be the real meaning of Lukaku's goal on his debut back to Chelsea, after many teams and countless goals, Lukaku finally achieved "compatibility" with Chelsea, finally turned from a child to a darling, and because of Chelsea's first goal, Lukaku ranked 20th in the history of the Premier League with 114 goals.
Lukaku has finally become Chelsea's darling.
In addition to the huge pounds that Chelsea paid to prove this, the more important significance for former Chelsea outcast Lukaku is that from the completion of his Chelsea debut on 27 August 2011 to the final goal after returning to the Blues, he has waited for this day, waiting for the day to prove himself to Chelsea, who has abandoned him, has been waiting for 3648 days.
Although Lukaku also missed another excellent header scoring opportunity, and although Havertz also wasted a great passing opportunity for Lukaku, the goal scored and exchanged for 3648 days of waiting may be enough to make Lukaku's "second stamford bridge" a good story in football.
The title of this good story may be: late happiness!