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#2 Lukaku bags brace on a memorable night

Lukaku scored two first-half goals to take his Belgium tally to 51 goals in 83 appearances

On the night where he reached and surpassed the 50-goal mark for his country, Lukaku bagged a brace in another big Belgium win - one that still left him frustrated on his pursuit of more goals.

It's something that he is rightly unapologetic for and although they'll have tougher tests to come than San Marino, it didn't come as a surprise that he reacted in frustration when on course for a hat-trick was substituted for Christian Benteke, who is searching for regular goalscoring form.

On another evening, he would've got his third and more. He registered eight of Belgium's 45 attempts and found himself involved in all their opening four goals.

Teed up by Tielemans, he fired hard and low at Benedittini's near post to break the deadlock. Turning creator three minutes later, he effortlessly shrugged off a defensive challenge to chest and control the ball before passing into Nacer Chadli on the edge of the box, to double the lead.

His deft flick was parried but bundled over the goalline by Brolli, who was helpless as his 'keeper parried the strike straight into him with no time to react. Completing his brace six minutes later, he left their backline for dead before watching his deflected strike curl into the bottom corner.

Despite missing three big chances, he created two key passes (76.2% overall completion), netted a brace and created an assist on a memorable night for all to savour.