Romelu Lukaku (Photo by ANDREAS SOLARO / AFP)Romelu Lukaku couldn’t have had much sleep on Saturday night in Istanbul. He might not yesterday or today either.
His failure to score for Inter Milan in the 88th minute of the Champions League final against Manchester City will haunt his nights as much as his days for a while, writes Julien Laurens of espn.co.uk.It will also, undoubtedly, launch a new wave of criticism and online mockery of the Belgium international.
Chances like the one the striker got at the Ataturk stadium, a free header inside the six-yard box, don’t come too often. Certainly not in a Champions League final.
And especially not right at the end of the game to surely send it to extra time.Yet, it did happen. Lukaku failed to score. The Expected Goals on Target (xGOT) of his chance, which was blocked by goalkeeper Ederson’s knee, was 0.69.