Manchester United fans will hate the awkward truth about Romelu Lukaku and Wayne Rooney this season
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Romelu Lukaku isn't having the best time of things right now.
The Belgian forward has scored just two times in his last 14 appearances for Manchester United, and he drew a blank again against Manchester City at the weekend as Jose Mourinho's men slipped to a damaging 2-1 defeat to the champions-elect in a bad-tempered match, after which he's been accused of throwing a bottle at City coach Mikel Arteta .
The £75m summer addition from Everton started his United career like a house on fire, but now 16 Premier League matches into the campaign he's sitting on eight league goals for his new club.
Which, this season at least, is the same amount as... Wayne Rooney.
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Premier League goals this season Romelu Lukaku 8 Wayne Rooney 8
Yep, the former United forward's penalty for Everton in the 1-1 Merseyside derby draw on Sunday was his sixth goal in his last seven Premier League games, drawing him level with the former Blues forward in the top scorers' list - along with Alexandre Lacazette and Gabriel Jesus.
Needless to say, there has been plenty of reaction to this on Twitter:
What's more, Rooney's eight strikes have come at a rate of 134 minutes per goal, and in a team that were struggling this season, while Lukaku's have come at 180 minutes per goal in a side near the top.
Will they still be neck-and-neck come the end of the season?