Romelu Lukaku has issued a message to his critics ahead of Manchester United's trip to former club Chelsea.
Having moved to Old Trafford in the summer for £75million, Lukaku started like a house on fire, scoring 12 goals in his first 11 games.
However, he's hit a bit of a slump of late - with his goal-drought stretching to six games after failing to get on the scoresheet in the 2-0 win over Benfica on Tuesday.
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Jose Mourinho said he was disappointed with Manchester United fans for 'not supporting' the Belgian during the 1-0 win over Spurs at Old Trafford last week.
Lukaku has 156 career goals to his name at the age of 24, with 87 of those coming in the Premier League. But the Anderlecht youth product still believes he has plenty of room to improve and says people shouldn't judge him as the finished article yet.
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Speaking to his mentor Thierry Henry in an interview with Sky Sports, he said:
"I'm just focused on improving year in, year out. That's the most important thing. Every time I try to add something to my game that wasn't there.
"I think a lot of people are judging me as the finished article. I'm 24. You can't judge me as the finished article. I'd rather have a career where year after year I improve rather than going to the top and decline.
"I know I have a lot of talent, I know I can do a lot of stuff. I can score goals with my left, with my right, with the head but I want to be a creator, I want to have more assists, I want to make sure that when my team is in difficulties that they can count on me.
"I want to be a winner. It's not about me as an individual, I want to win, and I think here I'm at the perfect stage and at the perfect age where I can take my career to the next level."
Lukaku has failed to score since his goal in the 4-0 win over Crystal Palace in September and will be looking to make his mark on his return to Stamford Bridge on Sunday.
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