Roma boss Luciano Spalletti admits they weren't good enough after defeat to Europa League opponents Lyon.

Roma were thumped 4-2 in the first-leg last night.

“They have this quality, youth and sparkling approach. We had to take the possession off them, as if they have the ball, they can find spaces between the lines or shoot from distance," Spalletti told Sky Sport Italia.

“These are our characteristics. When things go well and are precise, we can soar. When things go wrong, we don't have the character to fight back and our players in general have a calmer temperament.

“I expected us to do more with our quality, because if we can't use our strengths then it becomes difficult to cover our weaknesses.

“We had the chances to finish Lyon off or score more goals here. We probably had more potential attacking moves compared to Lyon, but they ended up coming to nothing.

“We had the ball in the box so often, for example that time Emerson Palmieri went past his man, waited for four or five seconds and in the end we didn't even get a shot away in that move.

“I expect it to be difficult in the second leg, as Lyon are good on the counter and we didn't allow them that many of those opportunities today. We tried to pack the midfield and that is where they caused us a few problems.

“I had hoped with the substitutions to take some of the pressure off us, but instead we conceded a fourth as well."