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Lukaku's only previous hat-trick in English football was for West Brom against Manchester United in May 2013

good stuff from the BBC
 
Roberto's Dream said:
Superb tonight. Do you start Kone next Thursday in the next leg? I'm not sure but we do have Arsenal on the Sunday and of course Leicester this Sunday.
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if it's not a risk of injury, of course you do. tie's over, we only have two strikers, lukaku will play pretty much all minutes for the remainder of the season. First XI players who have just been coming back from/playing not fully fit like mccarthy, besic and mirallas and baines if he's back by then shouldn't be playing.
 
http://www.football365.com/f365-says/9722273/F365-Says
On that note, forgive me for my own statement of the bleeding obvious: Romelu Lukaku is a wonderful footballer.

It's a declaration that shouldn't need repeating. Against Young Boys on Thursday evening Lukaku scored his 96th, 97th and 98th senior goals of his career - he doesn't turn 22 until May. By way of comparison (and not intended as a slight on the Manchester United forward), Wayne Rooney scored his 100th career goal at the age of 22 and 88 days. And you thought he started quickly.

Lukaku's record since arriving in England is mightily impressive. Since the beginning of 2012/13, only Luis Suarez, Robin van Persie and Sergio Aguero have scored more Premier League goals. The likes of Rooney, Olivier Giroud, Daniel Sturridge are all trailing behind.

The Belgian was also scoring his goals for a non-fashionable, non-top four team. Rooney, Sturridge and Giroud all had more shots than Lukaku in the league last season - Suarez had more than double Lukaku's total of 73.

And yet Lukaku's prowess does need reaffirming. It feels as if his is a name readily taken in vain, the easy fall guy. Rather than question Roberto Martinez's logic in spending all of his transfer budget on one striker, the widespread reaction appears to be to question Lukaku's attitude when he fails to lead Everton to glory. Martinez is effectively forced to start his £28m signing in every match, particularly after the departure of Samuel Eto'o in January.

A reminder: Lukaku is 21 years old. He has played over 250 career matches at such a young age and has not had a significant break for almost two years. In his debut Premier League season, his first in a new country and new league, Lukaku scored 17 goals - Raheem Sterling was the only player younger than him to score more than once.
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