Thomas Tuchel's bizarre Romelu Lukaku Chelsea call revealed myth of fans Club World Cup verdict

You will struggle to find much sympathy for Romelu Lukaku on Chelsea Twitter.

A lot of that is understandable given the misguided and controversial interview that riled supporters in December, plus the struggles to adapt to Thomas Tuchel's style of play since the club broke their transfer record to sign him last August.

But it is fair to suggest after netting two goals in the FIFA Club World Cup, both openers against Al-Hilal and Palmeiras, things are slightly looking up for the Belgian.

The 28-year-old still has a way to go in order to win back frustrated fans, but scoring in a major final for Chelsea cannot be dismissed.

Some of the reaction post the Club World Cup final has suggested Chelsea's attacking play was much improved once the forward was taken off by Thomas Tuchel.

Referring to the "fluid" and fast movement an attacking quartet of Christian Pulisic, Timo Werner, Hakim Ziyech and Kai Havertz were able to produce.

But sadly the eye-test and pure numbers do not support this theory. Chelsea's creativity in open play was highly underwhelming in Saturday's final.

Only two shots from 20 on the night tested Weverton.

One of those was a long-distance strike from Thiago Silva in the first half which was palmed away for a corner, although replays showed the ball was likely drifting wide.

The other was Lukaku's bullet header in the 54th minute to give Chelsea the lead.

An xG (expected goals) of 1.89 is higher than Chelsea's overall average for the season, but this is highly boosted by Kai Havertz's winning penalty. Every penalty in the xG model is worth .76 given "since all penalty kicks share the same characteristics," as explained by FBref.

After Tuchel decided to take his goalscorer and creator Callum