Antonio Conte hailed Romelu Lukaku’s progress since joining Inter Milan last season as the Belgian scored his seventh goal this campaign in...
Antonio Conte hailed Romelu Lukaku’s progress since joining Inter Milan last season as the Belgian scored his seventh goal this campaign in a 2-0 Serie A win over Genoa.
Second half strikes from Belgium striker Lukaku and Danilo D’Ambrosio put Conte’s Inter third, ahead of Atalanta who fell 3-1 to Sampdoria.
“Romelu is now a different player, compared to a year ago, he’s improved in every respect,” said Conte after Inter bounced back after a 2-1 derby defeat to AC Milan and a 2-2 Champions League stalemate with Borussia Moenchengladbach.
“In the past, I said that he was a rough diamond, which is why he was always someone I wanted to work with.
“He’s improving on a daily basis and adding quality to his game.
“He’s also scoring on a consistent basis.”
After being on the back foot in the first half, Conte brought reinforcements off the bench, with Nicolo Barella coming on for Christian Eriksen and Achraf Hakimi replacing Ivan Perisic, just hours after the Moroccan defender tested negative for coronavirus.
Barella set up former Manchester United forward Lukaku to open the scoring with his fifth league goal this season in the 64th minutes, with his other two coming against Moenchengladbach.
D’Ambrosio nodded in the second with 10 minutes to go.
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