His side is 13 points behind league leaders Inter Milan, but Luciano Spalletti cannot rule out Roma as a title candidate. Speaking after the win over Fiorentina, Spalletti said: "Can Roma challenge for the Scudetto? For the moment we have to focus on climbing back up the table.

"We lost a lot of ground early on, so we need to remain humble and keep working harder than anyone else to catch up.

"The important thing is to notch up a series of positive results and that is exactly what we are doing."

Roma are 16 points adrift of Inter and 7 points outside the Champions League zone, but have one game in hand.