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Everton boss Martinez happy for Lukaku to throw his weight around

Everton boss Roberto Martinez is happy for Romelu Lukaku to throw his weight around.

Martinez was pleased to see Lukaku's strength and power being put to good use in his own penalty area for victory over Aston Villa.

"He had a big role on Saturday," he told evertontv. "You need to be aware of the real strength of this Villa side, especially Christian Benteke and their powerful centre-halves. They can attack from dead ball situations really well.

"Rom had a very important role and he took to it with real maturity and great responsibility and was very significant in us keeping a clean sheet in the game."

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