This Chelsea player described as bully vs Aston Villa

Chelsea striker and Belgium international Romelu Lukaku has been described as a bully by Newcastle legend Alan Shearer.

This comes after Lukaku’s performances in Chelsea’s 3-1 win over Aston Villa on Sunday.

Shearer, in his statement, stressed that the Belgian striker ‘bullied’ two of Aston Villa’s players on the pitch after he was introduced into the game.

After Reece James created an own goal to put Aston Villa ahead in the first half, Lukaku came in to score a goal and created an assist for another which Jorginho scored.

During his analysis on Match of the Day, Shearer hailed Lukaku’s performance and highlighted how he ‘bullied’ Aston Villa centre-backs Konsa and Tyrone Mings.

“It [Lukaku coming on] was the game-changer because Villa had it far too easy and was the better team in that first half,” Shearer said.

“Pulisic played as a false nine didn’t work for them at all.

“The two centre-halves, Konsa and Mings, had nothing really to think about in that first half, balls were going into the box without any pressure.

“But, half-time, all of a sudden that changes. Konsa and Mings have now got a battle, and they weren’t up to it, they got bullied the both of them by Lukaku.

“He did that for the whole second half, all of a sudden they’ve got a threat and something to think about in the box.

“No thought other than get the ball forward and into the box and try and get him on the end of it.

“Superb header but Mings is left wanting, he should go and attack that ball but he doesn’t and gets punished. Lukaku is too good and too strong for him.

“They were going nowhere in the first half until that guy [Lukaku] came on at half-time and changed it all.”