Roma coach Jose Mourinho admits defeat at Genoa was tough to take.

The Giallorossi lost 4-1 last night, the worst defeat of Mourinho's reign.

“I apologise to the studio, but I have no real desire to talk. I didn't speak to the players. When I don't talk to the players, then it means I can't really discuss this in-depth and answer your questions either," Mourinho said afterwards.

“We started badly, that is true, the goal was an ugly one to concede. So was the one we conceded in the opening minutes in Verona.

“There was a reaction, we equalised, but then immediately Diego Llorente got injured and the structure of the team changed, for the worse.

“With Mancini on a yellow card and the profile of this referee, we considered it right to take him off, so we changed the structure again.

“When our goal was ruled offside, we felt from the touchline that we were about to equalise, Genoa were sitting deep, we were dominating even without creating many great opportunities. Our changes were all attacking moves, but obviously at their third goal it was over.

“Sometimes it can become a total and utter disaster in these situations, conceding five or six. The fourth goal for me was out of the context of the game."

He continued: “It is true. I don't want to say many things, but people talked about the Roger Ibanez errors that became almost iconic in the big games, but the truth is he gave us incredible solidity.

“We lost Chris Smalling, you can see how many games we won without Chris. When we are missing those players, we lack solidity.

“However, to say we lost the solidity because we are missing this or that player is not fair either. Solidity is also the consequence of team spirit and collective work to track back. We have lost some of that.

“At the moment, every shot we allow is a goal. That is nothing against Rui, it is just the situation we are seeing. Torino had a Duvan Zapata header in the first minute then never got near us until the equaliser on a throw-in.

“I feel this from the touchline and I imagine the players feel that anxiety on the pitch too."