Manchester United Striker Romelu Lukaku Hails His Teammates Character

Romelu Lukaku has hailed his Manchester United teammates character after they returned to winning ways with a 2-0 victory over Burnley

Romelu Lukaku scored both goals for Manchester United as they responded to Monday night’s 3-0 defeat at the hands of Tottenham

Although Paul Pogba missed a penalty and The Belgian international missed several chances to score a hat-trick, he was nonetheless pleased with his side’s improvement in front of goal.

“That was really big. In the last game we started well but didn’t take our chances. This time we did,” he told BBC Sport.

“We knew we had to grind out the result in the second half. We have character and we need to be more like that. The last game against Tottenham – we were disappointed. Today we did score and we have to keep winning to try and catch the teams above us.

“Now we go into the international break and can switch off a bit. The manager has time to analyse our performances for the rest of the games in September.”