Roma coach Luciano Spalletti accepts his job is under pressure after Tuesday's Coppa Italia defeat to Lazio.

Roma won the second-leg 3-2, but were eliminated 4-3 on aggregate.

Spalletti said, “I have my destiny in my own hands, nobody else, and it depends only on me. We keep saying we have to win, we are strong, we have to win, we are strong, but if we don't win then someone has to take responsibility.

“Now we have remaining games in Serie A and above all our position in the table, which in my view is extraordinary. Last season we were 12 points off Napoli, six or seven off Inter, five from Fiorentina. Now we are up there with Napoli, trying to reduce the gap with Juventus, which means overall there have been improvements.

“It is important now to not lose energy thinking about this defeat. My future… this is not the time to talk about it. My future is trying to get us the best position possible.

“I needed to create the utmost focus in the players and tension too, as long as we were in the running. I took the responsibility of saying we are a strong team and that therefore we have to win. If we don't win, we went out against Lyon and tonight too, then who is responsible? Someone has to take that on board.

“I think the tie was lost with the second goal in the first leg. That was avoidable."