Romelu Lukaku bagged his 15th goal of the season against Leeds United on Wednesday night to exclamation mark on a promising performance at Elland Road. The Belgian forward's strike backed up his brace against Wolves and left Thomas Tuchel with a difficult decision regarding who will lead the forward line against Liverpool this weekend.
It has been difficult to anticipate much to do with Lukaku since Chelsea brought the 28-year-old back to Stamford Bridge for £97.5 million. Early domination of Arsenal and run of goals soon made way for performances where he proved to be far from the final piece of the jigsaw that many dubbed him.
An explosive interview later, the former Manchester United and Inter Milan forward soon found himself sitting on the bench. Even goals during the Club World Cup couldn't prevent his notorious outing seven-touch outing against Crystal Palace setting the narrative for his season.
