Romelu Lukaku claims he was hacked and issues apology to fans after Instagram posts took aim at Cristiano Ronaldo
Trolls appear to have hacked the Manchester United striker's account to take a dig at Ronaldo's five-game ban
ROMELU LUKAKU insists his Instagram WAS hacked to send posts in which he appeared to troll Cristiano Ronaldo.
And the Manchester United striker has apologised to any of his fans who were offended.
A message from Lukaku's Instagram account said "Messi is better mate" beneath Ronaldo's post slamming his five-game ban.
But Lukaku now says he's back in control of his account and took a swipe at those who believed the Belgian ace had posted them.
In a first message, Lukaku posted: "So as you know my account was hacked yesterday!
"I got it back now.. and for the people trying to leave annoying comments on my page for something I didn't say feel free to get off my page."
In a seperate video message, he added: "I'm back on Instagram now.
"John (Allen) helped me from Manchester United.
"So I'm back on it and I want to apologise to the people that felt offended but everything back under control and I'll see you soon."
One post appeared after Ronaldo hit out at a Spanish court for upholding his five-game ban.
The Portuguese Ballon d'Or holder wrote that his ban was "incomprehensible" and an "injustice".
And Lukaku, who has enjoyed a stunning start to life in Old Trafford after his £75million move from Everton, appeared to aim a dig at Ronaldo.
But it was later revealed that Lukaku had been hacked.
More than a dozen images to "epmuusic" were posted, while Lukaku saw his profile picture and bio changed.
Images and links to a Snapchat page for "Matt Walker" were also added to Lukaku's Instagram account.
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The striker, who has scored three goals in two matches for Jose Mourinho's team, later posted a video to his Instagram story but made no mention of the hack.
Tuesday night also saw Barcelona's Twitter account hacked - with fans sent into a frenzy.
The official page tweeted: "Welcome Angel Di Maria to FC Barcelona!"
But 40 minutes later it was revealed that a hacking group had taken over their page.