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Shearer: Lukaku not justifying Man Utd fee

Newcastle United legend Alan Shearer took aim at Manchester United striker Romelu Lukaku after yesterday's defeat to Manchester City.

Lukaku was to blame in the build-up to both of City's goals on Sunday and questions are starting to be asked.

"No one was asking these questions earlier on in the season when Lukaku was scoring 11 goals in his first 10 games," Shearer told BBC's Match of the Day 2.

"No one was asking the question of (Jose) Mourinho then and whether he had improved Lukaku. He's not doing enough in games - and I hate saying it - to justify his fee.

"He looks to be lacking in confidence, two in 13 now but in his defence with some of the balls and some of the service he was feeding on scraps. Everything seems a second or two too slow and by the time he's made his mind up it's gone.

"His mindset now - I know mine - if i'd missed a chance like that I wouldn't sleep for the next three or four days until the next game or until i'd scored again. That missed chance would be on my mind until then."

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