Romelu Lukaku has impressed in his first season with Inter Milan, but he recently revealed he was once labelled 'trash' by manager Antonio Conte.
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After two seasons with Manchester United, Lukaku made the switch to the Italian top flight to help Inter end Juventus' league dominance.
The Belgian is Inter's top scorer with 18 goals in 26 appearances this season, but the striker admits it wasn't all rosy in the early stages.
"I remember one of my first Champions League games against Slavia Prague when I played really bad - like I was trash that day - and I really got it from him in front of the whole team," Lukaku said in an interview with Sky Sports.
"It had never really happened to me. It had never happened.
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"[He was] telling me that I was really trash and that he would take me off after five minutes if I would have done it again."
Despite the harsh words, Lukaku feels Conte's criticism made a positive effect on his mindset.
"We played the Milan derby just after that, and I played one of my best games of the season," he added.
"He just gave me that - he stepped on my confidence but it woke me up at the same time. He does it to everybody, it doesn't matter who you are. Everybody is equal."
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