A Chelsea star has been singled out for criticism after a poor start in the Blues’ meeting with Plymouth.
Chelsea are currently hosting League One outfit Plymouth in an FA Cup 4th round tie.
Following Middlesbrough’s downing of Manchester United on Friday, the League One minnows’ hopes of getting a result at Stamford Bridge were likely boosted.
But very few could have predicted just how well their side would start the tie.
Plymouth dominated the early exchanges and took the lead after eight minutes via a Macaulay Gillesphey header.
WOULD YOU BELIEVE IT ?@gillesphey HEADS HOME FOR @only1argyle AGAINST @ChelseaFC ?#EmiratesFACup pic.twitter.com/26NBE9bJTQ
— Emirates FA Cup (@EmiratesFACup) February 5, 2022
Romelu Lukaku targeted
The Gillesphey header came from a free-kick, which Romelu Lukaku was marking the goalscorer for.
And as shown in the video above, Lukaku’s marking and challenge for the ball was less than great.
This has lead to the Belgian coming in for a fair bit of criticism early in the game, with just some of that shown below:
I have no time for Lukaku, get out
— – Bhoyyyyyy (@PatrickHogan___) February 5, 2022
How is Lukaku still playing for us? Honestly? ?
— Michael (@MDavidB97) February 5, 2022
Lukaku is trash he can’t even break a simple pass ffs
— ?? O W U L A ? (@_owula) February 5, 2022
How’s Lukaku getting pushed around the box like a piece of paper, sort yourself out man.
— Louie ⭐️⭐️ (@LouieStracey) February 5, 2022
What’s Lukaku doing the muppet? ??? #Lukaku
— FutKeiran1999V2 (@keiranc761) February 5, 2022
We’re so so much better without Lukaku
— TomSweeney (@TCGSweeney13) February 5, 2022
Lukaku is so useless
— Benno MBE British Era???????? (@chelsblob) February 5, 2022
Lukaku is getting bullied by league one defenders. Shambles lol
— malachi ? (@DEVlNSBOOKER) February 5, 2022
Lukaku should Go.
— BenevolentChap??? (@BenevolentChap) February 5, 2022
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