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Lukaku: I've been helping Hazard, De Bruyne on Belgium's Everton system

Manchester United striker Romelu Lukaku admits he's been taking on a leadership role with Belgium at the World Cup.

After Belgium beat Brazil to reach the semi final of the World Cup the United striker revealed how he gave positional instructions to Eden Hazard and Kevin De Bruyne.

Lukaku said, "I have played in this system more often at Everton [under Roberto Martinez], and I knew exactly what to do.

"I helped Eden Hazard and Kevin De Bruyne and explained to them how they should stand and what to do, explaining once was enough, we did the job perfectly, we won deservedly.

"My all-round game is always my strong point, I try to make other players better, I want to score as much as possible and also give as many assists as possible, and I am very busy with the team, so I can be important too."

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