Jose Mourinho Compares Romelu Lukaku Goal Drought ‘To ‘Shaking A Bottle Of Ketchup’

Jose Mourinho has compared striker Romelu Lukaku’s goal drought to shaking a bottle of ketchup


The Belgian international is prone to enduring long barren spells in front of goal, followed by ruthless streaks, averaging his goals per game ratio to an impressive 0.45 in the Premier League.

Such patterns in the Belgian’s prowess has led to current manager Jose Mourinho to compare the forward’s form to the feeling of ‘shaking a bottle of ketchup’.

In an interview with ‘Sky Sports’ ahead of United’s home clash with Everton on Sunday, Mourinho exclaimed: “I think one of the best scorers in football had funny words about it. It was when Cristiano Ronaldo was speaking about the ketchup bottle and when you [shake it]. The goals are coming and coming and coming.”

Mourinho explained his analogy by saying: “I believe with Lukaku that this will happen, but the reality is that at this moment it’s not happening. There’s been lots of matches in which he’s not scored a goal, and not just scoring but also the performances, the happiness in the performances, I think is the problem. But he’s a good player, a good boy, and I think the best way to do it is to just keep working and the moment will arrive.”

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