Romelu Lukaku received off the mark for Roma on Sunday evening by scoring his first objective for the club in a 7- thrashing of Empoli.
The Belgian is investing the period on bank loan at the Serie A huge immediately after currently being deemed surplus to prerequisites by Chelsea next a disastrous return to the club.
Lukaku was however looking for the elusive strike to ignite his Roma vocation and fired in a sixth intention for the hosts in the 86th-minute.
A blistering counter-assault was rounded off by the 30-12 months-outdated as he finished with a toe-poke into the bottom corner to warranty Jose Mourinho’s facet a initial league win of the new year.
Lukaku started his very first Serie A match after Mourinho opted to relegate Andrea Belotti to the bench, and repaid the faith demonstrated in him by scoring late-on.
Romelu Lukaku (left) opened his objectives account in Sunday’s dominant acquire over Empoli
Lukaku is on financial loan at Roma soon after falling out of favour at Chelsea following a disastrous return to the club
Former Juventus ahead Paulo Dybala scored twice, while there have been also targets for Renato Sanches, Bryan Cristante and Gianluca Mancini alongside with an very own aim.
Roma players celebrated emphatically with Lukaku as he stayed cool to hearth in the sixth goal of the match and there was a massive launch of emotion about the floor as the previous Manchester United striker ultimately located the back of the net.
Mourinho credited Lukaku for bringing a ‘different feel’ to his time when speaking immediately after the match, but insisted the Belgian’s 1st aim ‘wasn’t important’.
‘It was not crucial for me. It may well be essential for him, I know strikers live for the goal,’ said Mourinho.
Roma manager Jose Mourinho (center) insisted it ‘doesn’t matter’ if Lukaku (right) scores
‘Since the minute he arrived, he has been all about the team and it will not issue if he scores or not. Of course, he feels happier coming off immediately after a target and it can be excellent for him, particularly to score in entrance of the Curva.
‘Romelu brings a various profile to the workforce and we nonetheless require to discover how to perform for him, since we really don’t have the hold of it nonetheless, nor does he know how to engage in for us. We have time to work on it and video games support that much too.’
‘Romelu needs to be satisfied, needs to really feel beloved and wanted. He arrived in this article, promptly realised the group necessary a player like him. He is a man who likes to earn.
‘I do not feel Inter have any motive to be offended, because they gained the derby 5-1 and have so numerous amazing strikers. So they ought to be delighted for their ex-mentor who definitely wanted a striker.’