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Chelsea find scoring touch without record signing Lukaku

February 22, 2022 Chelsea's Romelu Lukaku warms up as a substitute as manager Thomas Tuchel looks on REUTERS

Chelsea rediscovered some of their fluent attacking form as they beat Lille 2-0 in the first leg of their Champions League last-16 tie on Tuesday, but the talk at Stamford Bridge was more about the striker who did not play than the ones who did.

Record signing Romelu Lukaku sat on the bench as an unused substitute while fellow strikers Kai Havertz and Christian Pulisic claimed the goals that put reigning champions Chelsea in the driving seat to advance to the quarter-finals.

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