Romelu Lukaku praises "family man" manager Jose Mourinho
Lukaku had a quiet game on Saturday as United were held to a goalless draw away to Liverpool.
The Belgian, who had scored in every Premier League outing prior to the clash at Anfield, netted on his competitive debut for United against Real in the Super Cup.
While some of his critics may call him a flat-track bully, Lukaku thinks this couldn’t be further from the truth.
And he insists his goal against Real gave him impetus to improve.
“I think the biggest pressure game for me was the Super Cup,” he said.
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Romelu Lukaku failed to find the target against Real Madrid
I think it freed me from everything and I just kept going, tried to improve week in, week out
Romelu Lukaku
“That was the game for me where everybody was looking at me and thinking ‘Will he do it there?’
“I think it freed me from everything and I just kept going, tried to improve week in, week out.
“Every time I played for Everton we had a different mindset coming into the game.
“As a striker when I was over there I had a good time. I learned my trade over there.
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Jose Mourinho was left frustrated at Anfield
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“But sometimes it is difficult as well when you play against the top teams and you play not to win and don’t really create chances.
“It is really difficult.
“Now I am in a team where we want to win against the big teams and we want to win every game so I think the situation will change.”
