Former England boss Fabio Capello reveals why Tuchel is failing with Romelu Lukaku at Chelsea

It has been a torrid few months for Romelu Lukaku. Moving back to Stamford Bridge after a brilliant season with Inter Milan, the stage was set for the Belgian to help Chelsea push on from their European success and challenge for the Premier League title.

It has not gone that way at all, however. Lukaku has registered just 5 goals in the Premier League this season to date, and on Sunday managed just 7 touches against Crystal Palace, the lowest on record for any player since stats began in 2003/04.

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Increasingly, he has cut a frustrated figure at the club, and with an interview with Sky Italia having eaten up any credit he had with the supporters, they are beginning to lose faith in the Belgian. Even Thomas Tuchel is struggling, dropping him to the bench for the massive Champions League first leg clash against Lille.

So where is it going wrong?

Capello: Tuchel using Lukaku wrong

Now, according to former AC Milan and England boss Fabio Capello, the difficulty is because Tuchel is using the striker wrong.

Capello spent time in charge of Real Madrid, AC Milan and Juventus, as well as guiding England to the 2010 World Cup, where they crashed out at the hands of Germany. And he points to the difference between Conte’s Inter and Tuchel’s Chelsea.

‘Lukaku fit perfectly into Conte’s counter-attacking style at Inter, because there were lots of spaces’, he explained. ‘He had this physical strength and pace that allowed him to flatten the defenders in Serie A.’

‘However, Chelsea play this very different type of football with lots of short passes and Lukaku doesn’t have the same spaces to move in. He also finds that in England the defenders have a similar physicality to him and hold out more.’

‘Lukaku had this power and space to run at defenders and turn the game around.’

Chelsea’s slow build up play is in part due to the players around them, with the likes of Jorginho and Mateo Kovacic suited to a more lethargic style.

That doesn’t help Lukaku though.

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Premier League table

#	Team	MP	D	P
1	Manchester City	26	46	63
2	Liverpool FC	25	44	57
3	Chelsea FC	25	31	50
4	Manchester United	26	10	46
5	West Ham United	26	11	42
6	Arsenal FC	23	10	42
7	Wolverhampton Wanderers	24	5	40
8	Tottenham Hotspur	23	0	39
9	Brighton & Hove Albion	25	-3	33
10	Southampton FC	25	-5	32
11	Leicester City	23	-6	27
12	Aston Villa	24	-6	27
13	Crystal Palace	25	-4	26
14	Brentford FC	26	-15	24
15	Leeds United	24	-21	23
16	Everton FC	23	-12	22
17	Newcastle United	24	-19	22
18	Watford FC	24	-19	18
19	Burnley FC	22	-9	17
20	Norwich City	25	-38	17

Player	Team	Goals
Salah, Mohamed	Liverpool FC	17
Jota, Diogo	Liverpool FC	12
Sterling, Raheem	Manchester City	10
Fernandes, Bruno	Manchester United	9
Son, Heung Min	Tottenham Hotspur	9
Dennis, Emmanuel	Watford FC	9
Ronaldo, Cristiano	Manchester United	9
Smith-Rowe, Emile	Arsenal FC	9
Raphinha	Leeds United	9
Vardy, Jamie	Leicester City	9
Mane, Sadio	Liverpool FC	9
Bowen, Jarrod	West Ham United	8
Antonio, Michail	West Ham United	8
Mahrez, Riyad	Manchester City	8
Maupay, Neal	Brighton & Hove Albion	8
Mount, Mason	Chelsea FC	7
Saka, Bukayo	Arsenal FC	7
Gallagher, Conor	Crystal Palace	7
De Bruyne, Kevin	Manchester City	7
Kane, Harry	Tottenham Hotspur	7

Player	Team	Red Cards	Yellow Cards
Neves, Ruben	Wolverhampton Wanderers	0	9
Dennis, Emmanuel	Watford FC	0	7
Mctominay, Scott	Manchester United	0	8
Salisu, Mohammed	Southampton FC	0	7
Fernandes, Bruno	Manchester United	0	7
Rice, Declan	West Ham United	0	7
Shaw, Luke	Manchester United	0	7
Cash, Matty	Aston Villa	0	7
Maguire, Harry	Manchester United	0	6
Brownhill, Josh	Burnley FC	0	7
Gallagher, Conor	Crystal Palace	0	6
Pogba, Paul	Manchester United	1	5
McGinn, John	Aston Villa	0	6
Canos, Sergi	Brentford FC	0	6
Alonso, Marcos	Chelsea FC	0	6
Moreno, Rodrigo	Leeds United	0	6
Norgaard, Christian	Brentford FC	0	6
Westwood, Ashley	Burnley FC	0	6
Tarkowski, James	Burnley FC	0	6
Laporte, Aymeric	Manchester City	1	5

Player	Team	Assists
Alexander-Arnold, Trent	Liverpool FC	10
Salah, Mohamed	Liverpool FC	9
Bowen, Jarrod	West Ham United	8
Pogba, Paul	Manchester United	8
Robertson, Andy	Liverpool FC	8
Jesus, Gabriel	Manchester City	7
Fernandes, Bruno	Manchester United	6
Mount, Mason	Chelsea FC	6
Cancelo, Joao	Manchester City	6
Son, Heung Min	Tottenham Hotspur	5
Dennis, Emmanuel	Watford FC	5
Antonio, Michail	West Ham United	5
James, Reece	Chelsea FC	5
Lacazette, Alexandre	Arsenal FC	5
Kovacic, Mateo	Chelsea FC	5
Barnes, Harvey	Leicester City	5
Redmond, Nathan	Southampton FC	5
Mahrez, Riyad	Manchester City	4
Saka, Bukayo	Arsenal FC	4
Ward Prowse, James	Southampton FC	4