Gian Piero Gasperini slammed his ‘not good substitutes’ after Atalanta failed to make their domination count with Roma. ‘Some of the misses were shocking.’
La Dea had taken the lead through Ruslan Malinovskyi, but after missing several big chances and forcing Pau Lopez saves, Robin Gosens received a second yellow card.
Bryan Cristante drilled in the equaliser and Roma threatened to win it late on.
Gian Piero Gasperini slammed his ‘not good substitutes’ after Atalanta failed to make their domination count with Roma. ‘Some of the misses were shocking.’
La Dea had taken the lead through Ruslan Malinovskyi, but after missing several big chances and forcing Pau Lopez saves, Robin Gosens received a second yellow card.
Bryan Cristante drilled in the equaliser and Roma threatened to win it late on.
“It’s difficult to explain what happened in the second half, because some of the chances we missed were so easy, anyone could’ve scored them,” said Gasperini in his press conference.
“We had so many opportunities to win the game. Globally, we emerge with four points from our two games against Roma.
“We are still in third place and maintain our advantage over the chasing pack. We should’ve closed it earlier, considering the way the game was going. We need to reflect on this, because some performances were really below par.”
The coach did not hold back in criticising his players, particularly substitutes Mario Pasalic and Luis Muriel.
“Malinovskyi was tired, we were starting to develop some gaps in the middle and needed fresh legs, but Pasalic was not a good substitute.
“Some of the misses were just shocking. That’s a lack of concentration. It’s a pity, because so often our substitutions have been decisive.
“The Gosens red card was also dumb, we more than contributed to throwing this win away. As long as we had 11 men, so for 70 minutes of the match, I didn’t see Roma manage a single shot on goal. They only became dangerous afterwards.
“We need everyone to step up and contribute, otherwise it’s going to be really tough.”