Lukaku brace helps Roma steady the ship in Cagliari stroll
Romelu Lukaku continued his fast start to life in a Roma shirt with a brace in Sunday's 4-1 win at Serie A's bottom side Cagliari which took his all-competitions goal tally to seven.
Belgium forward Lukaku chested Roma two ahead in the 20th minute, seconds after Houssem Aouar had swept the away side into the lead against a Cagliari team yet to register a win since being promoted.
And he completed the scoring for Roma, who sit 10th on 11 points, just before the hour mark in a simple win in Sardinia with a lovely finish from Leandro Paredes' first-time pass, his fifth league strike of the campaign so far.
Lukaku signed for Roma on loan from Chelsea at the end of the summer transfer window and he has made an instant impact, even if Roma's inconsistent results had led to speculation that Jose Mourinho could be sacked.
"I'm a professional. I worked during the summer," said Lukaku to DAZN.
"People talk about me but I don't talk, I show on the pitch what I can do for the team."
On Saturday, the Corriere Dello Sport reported that Mourinho would be shown the door if his team failed to win at Cagliari, although a source denied to AFP that Roma were thinking of firing their coach or had spoken to former Germany and Bayern Munich coach Hansi Flick.
In any case Sunday's victory was their third in three games since the 4-1 hammering at Genoa late last month which enraged supporters, and their first away win in Italy's top flight this season.
Andrea Belotti netted Roma's other, brilliant goal eight minutes before Lukaku's second when he collected Paredes' lofted pass and skinned Gabriele Zappa before drilling home a fine low finish.
Belotti had replaced Paulo Dybala five minutes before halftime as the Argentina forward left the field in
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