Romelu Lukaku says he is not satisfied as he helped Napoli to a 2-1 Serie A win over AC Milan at the Stadio Diego Armando Maradona on Sunday, Afrosport reports.
The Belgian forward scored the second goal in the first half as the Partenopei held on for all three points after Luka Jovic scored the consolation goal for Milan six minutes to the end of the match.
The victory kept Antonio Conte’s side three points shy of leaders Inter Milan and Lukaku, who has now scored 400 career goals for both club and country, is not happy because he thinks the Nerazzurri are favourites for the Scudetto.
“Inter are the favourites, everyone says so. They have a large and very high-quality squad, we have to be honest,” the former Chelsea man said.
“Atalanta are on a great journey, last year they won the Europa League and now they are growing even further.”
He added: “We want to get our revenge, no one expected us to find ourselves in this position, but now we are here and we have to continue working hard.
“To make your dreams come true you have to give your all every day and be ready for any challenge. When you are part of a winning cycle, you have to always raise the bar.
“The others improve and you have to do the same. The fans want to experience that feeling of victory again, winning again is even better. As a footballer, the coach has always savoured every victory as if it were the first, we want to do the same for this city. We don’t feel satisfied.”
400 – Tonight against Milan Romelu Lukaku scored his 400th goal between club and national team. Milestone.#NapoliMilan pic.twitter.com/7VIYvX86Au
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Lukaku went on to dismiss claims that he receives special treatment from manager Conte.
“I don’t have any special treatment, on the contrary, he is more severe with me because he expects a lot,” he stated.
“I like this responsibility, it has made me grow and improve throughout my career. I will always be grateful to him for this.”
Napoli will next be in Serie A action away at Bologna on Friday night.
