Roberto Mancini spoke with RAI Sport analyzing the draw against Roma: “For 70 minutes we were better than Roma, then when Dzeko came on we found ourselves in difficulties when they played long balls. When we were just about to make a change we had to bring Biabiany off and then we conceded a goal, but we played a great match. Dzeko? His shot became a pass for Nainggolan but Roma had two chances earlier so they deserved a goal. We could have scored 0-2 but the draw is good. Everything remains in place, we’ll fight for the third spot until the end.”
Mancini then praised Marcelo Brozovic: “He’s young, he’s growing a lot, he will be a champion. Why I didn’t defend the lead? If we’d had all our strikers we would have win the match because I could have made important changes and we would have been stronger in attack. Eder? He was isolated but he worked very well, Perisic’s goal came about thanks to his movement. Ljajic? Good game, he did what he had to do. Third spot? We’re ahead of Roma in direct encounters, there are still 8 matches left and many direct deciding matches left. Thohir happy with 5th spot? Ask Spalletti…we’ll make an assessment of the season at the end of the season. Our objective is the third spot and we’ll continue to believe in it.”
Source: RaiSports.
