After the Belgian striker bagged a goal in the Blues' 4-1
pre-season win over a Malaysia XI, the manager wants to avoid putting on the
pressure of comparisons to a club legend
Chelsea manager Jose Mourinho is reluctant to compare
Romelu Lukaku with Didier Drogba after the Belgian striker gave a goalscoring
performance against a Malaysia XI.
The youngster netted his second goal of pre-season in
Sunday's 4-1 victory but the Blues boss does not want to put pressure on his
charge's shoulders by putting him in the same bracket as the Ivorian, who
scored 157 goals for the club.
Mourinho told reporters after the match: "We must
respect Romelu and not compare him with Drogba as Drogba is a legend in this
club.
"I
am happy with his movement and he did what we asked of him. Steve Clarke did
well with him at West Brom last year."
The former Real Madrid coach was also pleased with the
rest of his team and their pre-season preparations so far.
With trialist Bertrand Traore, Kevin De Bruyne and Victor
Moses also grabbing a goal each, Mourinho insisted that he was not interested
with the result.
"I am happy with the pre-season matches so far as we
are able to apply what we did in training," he continued. "It was
never about the result but more about the fitness and the performance of the
players."
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