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Aaron Catterson-Reid

'Best striker in the league' - Chelsea fans in awe of Romelu Lukaku after Champions League goal

Romelu Lukaku's second stint at Chelsea continues to go from strength to strength.

The Blues completed a club-record £97.5million transfer last month to bring the 28-year-old back to Stamford Bridge after a seven-year hiatus.

Lukaku's unbelievable goalscoring record at Inter Milan, where he notched 64 times in just 95 games, meant that there were very few people who doubted he would regularly find the back of the net for Thomas Tuchel's side this season.

The former Manchester United frontman bagged three goals in three Premier League games, opening the scoring against London rivals Arsenal in a 2-0 win before netting a brace against Aston Villa last weekend.

He has now scored the only goal of the game in Chelsea's UEFA Champions League opener against Russian outfit Zenit Saint Petersburg, who had held the reigning European champions at bay for almost 70 minutes.

Spanish defender Cesar Azpilicueta delivered an inch-perfect cross to the back post before Lukaku rose highest and fired in a powerful header past Zenit 'keeper Stanislav Kritsyuk.

After the goal, Chelsea fans took to social media to heap praise on the prolific striker. Here is what a select few on Twitter said.

@yoomatty : "is romelu lukaku the greatest player to ever lace up the boots? all signs are pointing to yes."

@BoszieKing : "Back to back goals for Lukaku at Stamford bridge."

@phabio_1 : "Lukaku is the best number 9 itw."

@RJ_Goodthings : "Azpilicueta & Morata connection 2.0 Great ball by our Captain and what a fine header by Lukaku #Chelsea #CFC."

@MMhavertz : "how did we play last year without lukaku."

@_jamieCFC : "Lukaku might be the best striker in the league, and by might I mean he absolutely is."

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