Everton host West Ham at Goodison Park on Sunday afternoon.
West Ham United defender Angelo Ogbonna has told the club’s official website that his side are fully aware that they need to stop Romelu Lukaku to come away from Goodison Park with a positive result.
The Hammers travel to Merseyside on Sunday afternoon looking to make it three straight wins in the Premier League.
They will come up against the league’s second highest goalscorer in the Everton team, with Lukaku currently sitting on six goals in nine games this season.
The Belgian also has a strong history of finding the net against Slaven Bilic’s team, with six goals in his last six league games against them.
And Ogbonna has admitted they are aware they will need to stop him if they are to secure a positive result in the game.
“We have another big game on Sunday and we know that we will need to stop Romelu Lukaku getting on the scoresheet,” he told the club’s official website.
“I am well aware of his record against West Ham! Romelu is a very good player and we all want to stop him. But if our performance is like the one we have shown in the last few games we stand a very good chance of winning the game.”
The defender is confident of keeping the Belgian hitman quiet, though, after keeping out Chelsea striker Diego Costa in midweek.
The Spaniard has seven goals in all competitions this season but cut a frustrated figure as the Hammers ran out 2-1 winners in the EFL Cup clash.
And Ogbonna is hoping to do a similar job on Lukaku to ensure they leave Goodison Park with all three points once again.
“Playing against people like Lukaku can motivate us even more that we want to stop him. We have to play like we did against Chelsea and Sunderland,” he added.
“We managed to stop Diego Costa on Wednesday and I hope it will be the same with Lukaku as it would be great for us to come away with another three points.”
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