Romelu Lukaku attracted the ire of some Chelsea followers on-line after he shook palms with Kevin De Bruyne following the Blues' 1-0 defeat in opposition to Manchester Metropolis.
The 2 Belgium teammates had contrasting afternoons on the Etihad Stadium on Saturday, with De Bruyne scoring the winner as Metropolis opened up a 13-point hole over Chelsea on the high of the Premier League desk.
Lukaku, in the meantime, wasted a wonderful likelihood to place his aspect in entrance early within the recreation and was denied by Ederson shortly after the restart with the rating nonetheless at 0-0.
After the sport, De Bruyne, who was substituted late within the second half, ran onto the pitch to greet his compatriot.
The duo shared an elaborate handshake and a fast embrace, earlier than going separate methods.
A superbly regular gestures amongst worldwide teammates, however one which didn't go down effectively with a number of Chelsea followers on social media.
Some accused Lukaku of 'having no disgrace', whereas others identified exchanging pleasantries with an opponent would have been firmly off the menu throughout Diego Costa's days at Stamford Bridge.
Different followers questioned Lukaku's dedication to the trigger and urged Chelsea to chop their losses after shelling out £97.5 million for him in the summertime.
The Belgian's price-tag was a significant speaking level throughout the switch window and much more so after Jack Grealish, who turned the Premier League's first £100 million participant final summer time, shone for Metropolis on Saturday.
There isn't any doubt the Belgian endured a troublesome afternoon in Manchester.
Earlier within the recreation, followers on social media questioned his decision-making after he squandered a wonderful alternative to place the guests forward.
With simply over 9 minutes gone within the first half on the Etihad, Lukaku discovered himself in area after spinning away from John Stones and galloping in direction of Metropolis's purpose.
Nonetheless, relatively operating into the field and trying to take a look at Ederson, Lukaku tried to play Hakim Ziyech in with a via ball to his proper.
The cross was overhit and by no means reached its meant goal, whereas the flag was up for offside anyway.
5 minutes into the second half, Lukaku was once more introduced with a chance to offer Chelsea the lead when he was 1 vs 1 with Ederson, however his effort was saved by Metropolis's goalkeeper.
The Belgian turned the most costly signing in Chelsea's historical past when he returned to Stamford Bridge from Inter Milan for £97.5 million in the summertime.
Since being dropped for the Liverpool recreation earlier this month for complaining publicly about his function at Chelsea and questioning Thomas Tuchel's ways, Lukaku has discovered the online simply as soon as in 4 video games.
On Saturday, he completed the sport with simply 21 touches in 90 minutes, prompting Tuchel to counsel he ought to do extra to assist Chelsea.
'We had eight or 9 offensive transitions, however had zero touches within the field," Tuchel told BT Sport.
'That was a big problem today, the performance of our front players - a lack of position, timing and composure.
'We lost too many balls too easily. Romelu Lukaku sometimes needs to do the service, he is included in this, he had many ball losses in very promising circumstances, he had a huge chance.
'After all we need to serve him, however he's a part of the crew, and the efficiency up entrance, we will do significantly better.'