Time to put to bed the myth that Lukaku doesn’t perform in big games

A thread:

Let’s get this out of the way quickly. A dead rubber game vs “the big 6” is not a big game and if you think it is then sky sports have brainwashed you

Starting with his time at Everton, Lukaku was the youngest ever Everton player to score a hat trick in a European knockout game and subsequently followed it up with another 2 goals in his next KO game

The following season, Rom scored in both a SF and QF for Everton, including him destroying Chelsea’s defence with 2 great goals

Although top 6 games aren’t “big games”, people say Lukaku can’t score vs the big teams, yet in the 16/17 season he managed goals home and away to Peps city and scored vs other top teams

Moving onto his time at United, No matter how fans want to put it Lukaku is our most recent player to score in a final and has also scored 75% of our CL KO goals since 2014. Same fan base who were also pining for him to be back for the FA cup final in 2018

Many of our fans also think cos he didn’t necessarily score all the time in big games, it meant he didn’t contribute. Rom also made key assists in our FA cup games vs Arsenal and also the winning assist vs Spurs in the FA cup SF

When there’s nothing on the line, playing Liverpool and City are still big games. Lukaku again made the difference in 17/18 when he put in a MOTM performance vs Liverpool registering 2 assists. He also made an instant impact of the etihad in 18/19 winning us a crucial pen

Away from club football, Lukaku shined in the World Cup. Got 4 goals in the GS and then got crucial game winning assists vs Japan and Brazil, and also made many people’s team of the tournament. Shining on the biggest stage of them all. Makes you think.

Onto his Inter career, Lukaku has scored big goals in Europe. A goal vs Barca in the CL and assists in the Dortmund game. Then winning goals in both knockout games vs Getafe and Leverkusen. Maybe he can replicate it in the SF and final?

Lukaku has also shone in Serie A this season. Despite not winning the league in the end, Lukaku scored in some big games throughout the season including goals home and away vs AC Milan and a brace away to Napoli

So, despite what people want to say, it’s clear that Lukaku has in fact performed in big games several times and is unfairly disrespected on this platform. Top 5 striker in the world