“Lukaku bullies everyone” – James lauds ‘powerful’ Belgian

Defender Reece James has lavished praise on Lukaku, after the Belgian’s impressive performance in his first game back for Chelsea.

Lukaku marked his return to Chelsea with a goal in their 2–0 victory over Arsenal in the Premier League on Sunday. Reece James provided Lukaku with the assist and then scored the second.

The defender was impressed with his new teammate’s performance and didn’t hold back praise.

“What an addition to our team to have such a vocal striker like that,” James told Premier League Productions.

“Everyone’s seen today how powerful he is and when he gets a chance, he finishes. I think he’s shown how he bullies players today.

“I can’t really think of any other players like him in the world. How strong he is and how powerful, everyone he just comes up against he bullies.”

Lukaku inspired Inter Milan to their first Serie A title in over a decade last season, and was honoured with the Best Player of the Season award. Now, he’s aiming to do greater exploits in England with Chelsea.

He and James will both be in line to feature once again when Chelsea travel to Anfield to take on Liverpool this Saturday.