Roma’s Diego Perotti says ‘scoring four in a derby isn’t easy’ but warns ‘second place doesn’t depend only on us.’
The Giallorossi secured a 4-1 Derby della Capitale victory over rivals Lazio yesterday to close the gap on Napoli to four points.
Perotti scored the winner in the comprehensive victory and spoke of his delight at how his January move from Genoa has gone so far.
"It was a fantastic match, scoring four in a derby is never easy," he said to Roma’s official website.
Roma’s Diego Perotti says ‘scoring four in a derby isn’t easy’ but warns ‘second place doesn’t depend only on us.’
The Giallorossi secured a 4-1 Derby della Capitale victory over rivals Lazio yesterday to close the gap on Napoli to four points.
Perotti scored the winner in the comprehensive victory and spoke of his delight at how his January move from Genoa has gone so far.
"It was a fantastic match, scoring four in a derby is never easy," he said to Roma’s official website.
“We put in an all-round good performance across the 90 minutes. Perhaps we dropped off a bit towards the beginning of the second half, but we got back into our stride and scored again.
"I had to improve my ability in front of goal and score more goals, both at Genoa and Sevilla. I'm finding the back of the net more often now and I'm delighted about that.
"When you're new to a team and go straight into the starting line-up, receiving the welcome that I've had, it's so much easier. I have to thank everyone for taking me in like that, it was so important for me.
"It's happened before in other games when we've began the second half a bit off the pace only to pick up the rhythm later.
“We were lucky when they hit the post and Wojciech Szczesny pulled off a great save. We should have killed the game off earlier, like we've done before.
"Mistakes can happen in football and obviously it's not something I like to happen. Nevertheless, we were playing against a top side with superb players who made things difficult for us.
“When you do slip up, the main thing is to work hard to get the ball back as soon as possible.
"Second place doesn't depend only on us but on Napoli as well. Let's focus on the Bologna game coming up next Monday. We've also increased the gap on Fiorentina behind us today.”