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Lukaku hoping Everton beat Chelsea

Lukaku sealed a deadline-day season-long loan move to Everton, having made three substitute appearances for the London club so far this term.

The last of his outings saw the Belgium international miss a crucial penalty in the UEFA Super Cup shootout against Bayern Munich, which handed the trophy to the Germans.

He told Everton's official website: "Yes, (I am hoping for an Everton win). I have to be honest.

"Sometimes in life you have to make choices and I believe I've made the right one by coming here."

He recalled: "I had a call about 7 or 8pm from my agent saying there’s a possibility that I could leave and I said 'yeah, okay, that’s fine', because at some point I need to play and play as much as possible. 

"I made the right decision and I spoke with Mirallas as I was in the same room with him for the whole evening and he explained about how things were going.

“For me, it was also a great opportunity to play for one of the biggest clubs in England, who have done well in domestic cups, qualified for Europe a lot of times and always challenge at the top of the league.

"It’s a good opportunity to come here and help the players to reach the same standards and for me to set higher standards than I did last year.”