Lukaku: Hard work eliminates fear

Romelu Lukaku believes hard work can overcome the fear of failure, as he goes in search of achieving more records in his career.

The 24-year-old has netted 26 goals in all competitions this season since joining the Reds last summer and scored the 100th goal of his Premier League career against Swansea City in our last home game.

Speaking to MUTV ahead of Sunday's clash against his former club West Bromwich Albion at Old Trafford, Lukaku opened up on how he has targeted records since he began his playing career and why he believes in the qualities he possesses.

"In the Premier League, I started at 19 [years old], so I knew that I will be one of those guys that’s going to reach 100," Romelu said. "That’s just the belief that I have in my qualities, but it all starts with the work that I put in.

"Hard work eliminates fear. That’s how I think. So, the more I put the work in, the more confident I am in certain situations because I’ve worked on it. I know what to do, I know where to do it and I don’t fear anything. If I fail, it’s no problem. There’s another opportunity."

Sunday's game sees the Belgian striker come up against the Baggies, where he spent the 2012/13 season on loan from his previous club Chelsea, scoring 17 goals in 35 appearances. Most notably, Lukaku scored a hat-trick in his final appearance for the Midlands club in an eventful 5-5 draw against United, in Sir Alex Ferguson's last game in charge of the Reds.

As a former Baggie, Lukaku admitted it has been painful for him to see the club's demise this season, with the threat of relegation looming large, and hopes the team can regroup following a turbulent campaign.

"It's a painful one for me, because a few of those guys are my friends, so it’s hard for me to see them in that position," he added. "But sometimes it’s good to, like, take a step back and then bounce and learn from it and try and improve on it. I just hope they don’t go down and that they can learn from the mistakes that they made in the pre-season or whatever.

"I don’t know what their problem has been this season, because you only watch the highlights, so you don’t know what’s happening in their game, but I just hope they find the key to success for the Premier League."