The Belgium international joined the Red Devils during the summer transfer window for 75million pounds, but he has failed to score since the international break.
After failing to score in the 2-0 win against Benfica in the Champions League on Tuesday night, Lukaku has gone six matches without a strike for his side.
His last goal came back in September in the 3-0 win against Crystal Palace.
And when United were awarded a penalty against Benfica, he thought it was the perfect chance for him to finally score a goal.
As he stepped up to take it, Ander Herrera walked towards him to whisper something in his ear, which resulted with the former Everton man walking away.
It was first thought that Herrera would take it, but surprisingly, Daley Blind came up and told him to walk away.
But why Lukaku didn’t take it?
Well, Jose Mourinho told Herrera to sop Lukaku and then made the “no” gesture to the striker. At least that’s according to ESPN’s Rob Dawson.
Manchester Evening News’ Samuel Luckhurst reported that Mou “wigged his finger” to Lukaku.
And the Portugese was asked why he didn’t let Lukaku take the penalty in the post-match conference.
Here’s what he said: “I’m the manager and I make the decisions. He missed the last penalty and I want him to take a penalty when there is no pressure, there is no responsibility and there is no need of scoring the goal. But we are playing Champions League, we need points. Even now with 12 points we aren’t qualified.
“It is an important moment of the game – with 10, 12 minutes to go, 1-0 – I want a player free of the pressure of having missed the last one.
“I’m really happy with his personality and that he takes responsbility but I’m here to protect players and the team. At that moment, I protected him. I needed to protect him because he missed the last time.
“He will take a penalty again when the game is over, and the game was not over.”
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