曼聯前鋒盧卡庫想刷去自己身上「只會虐菜」的標籤,他表示自己現在非常享受人們對他的高期望。
自來到英超後,盧卡庫在對陣阿森納、切爾西、利物浦、曼城、曼聯和熱刺的57場比賽中僅打進15球。而在他過去24粒聯賽進球中,超過一半的進球都在比賽最後10分鐘打進,這給了他「只會虐菜」的標籤。
「我知道人們對我期望很高,但這也是我享受的東西。我從人們口中聽到這些東西,當我在埃弗頓時,我參加比賽的心態和現在不一樣。有時候對陣一些對手,你並不想爭取勝利,這就非常困難,並不真的創造機會。現在我在的球隊想贏下重大比賽,所以我認為情況會改變的。
壓力最大的比賽是對陣皇馬的超級盃。「那種比賽大家都在看,想著他能做到嗎?那樣的比賽把我從一切中釋放出來,我只是繼續努力,繼續進步。人們一直會說這件事,但我在英超的進球記錄很好,我的球隊也是——當然,還有很多工作要做。
「知道自己有時能把握機會有時不能把握機會必須要成為前鋒最大的長處,但每次我沒把握住人們就把它誇大。很多前鋒都會錯過好機會,甚至比我還嚴重,但說到我都是盧卡庫做了這個,盧卡庫做了那個。這是人們為我設立的標準。足球世界裡會發生這樣的事,我總是很放鬆。」
Romelu Lukaku has brushed off criticism of his scoring record against the Premier League's 'big six', saying that high expectations are "something I relish".
Since arriving in the Premier League, Lukaku has scored just 15 goals in 57 matches against Arsenal, Chelsea, Liverpool, Manchester City, Manchester United and Tottenham.
The Belgium international has scored more than half of his last 24 league goals in the last ten minutes of matches - which has led to suggestions that he is a flat-track bully.
"I know expectations are really high but that is something I relish," Lukaku said.
"When I was at Everton we had a different mindset going into games. Sometimes it was difficult against some teams when you play not to win and you don't really create chances.
"Now I am in a team who want to win against big teams so I think the situation will change."
The 24-year-old believes he has already shown he can score against the biggest opponents, after he netted in United's 2-1 defeat to Champions League winners Real Madrid in the Super Cup in August.
"That was the game when everyone was looking at me thinking 'Will he do it?' That game freed me from everything," he added.
"A lot of strikers miss bigger chances than me but with me it is always, 'Rom did this, Rom did that'.
"That is the standard I've set myself. It is something that happens in football and I am relaxed about it."
Since joining United from Everton in the summer, Lukaku has scored 16 goals in just 13 appearances for club and country.
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