Debut double a dream come true for Lukaku

The 21-year-old forward’s future at United has been in doubt as Jose Mourinho appears to prefer wide players that will play with more defensive discipline than the French global.

“The manager wants me to be a leader for the team and create as much as I can”.

Newcastle face Tottenham at St. James’ Park in the early match on Sunday, before Manchester United kick off their season against West Ham.

Nemanja Matic also began to swiftly justify the fee paid by United to re-unite the Serbian with his former Chelsea manager Jose Mourinho, impressing throughout at the base of midfield and completing a timely interception to trigger the counter-attack that ended in Lukaku’s first goal.

Pochettino’s side host the champions next weekend in their first league match at Wembley following their move to the national stadium while White Hart Lane is being redeveloped this season.By then, the Argentine would like to have added to his squad after a frustrating transfer window.

There was still time for a fourth, which United thoroughly deserved, when Paul Pogba curled a 20-yard effort low into the bottom corner.

It was a tepid show from West Ham and they have now lost 11 opening-day fixtures in the Premier League era, more than any other club.

Manchester United might have won the Europa League and League Cup in Mourinho’s debut season at Old Trafford, but Red Devils supporters will be expecting, if not demanding, a serious title challenge after a less-than-adequate sixth-placed finish last term. A superb through ball from Marcus Rashford gave Romelu Lukaku his first Premier League goal for Manchester United.

“When this season I got the call that Matic wants to play for me, wants to play for Man United and we can make it happen, I thought, ‘it’s the ideal player for me.’ Not just for his qualities but also for my relationship with him, the way I know him”.

If we analyse recent history between MUFC and West Ham, we can see that United were undefeated in all three games against The Hammers last season.

Romelu Lukaku describes what it means to play in front of the Old Trafford supporters after netting a brace against West Ham.

“It’s not something urgent, that we are desperate to have it done or not done, I just think that he was very clear by showing what he did previous year was not enough for him”.

“I expected more, but I have to admit they were a much better side in every aspect of the game”, said Bilic.

“We were focused on the goals that our striker was scoring”.

He said: “To buy lots of good players is important”.

“So we stayed to watch it and the next minute Jose was walking towards us – I didn’t know what he was going to do and then he stretched out to give the medal to him”. “It was a hard game for us”, he told Sky Sports.