Roma coach Luciano Spalletti insists he had no choice but to leave Christian Panucci out of his Champions League squad list. With Juan and Cicinho struggling to be fit for this week's clash with Arsenal, Spalletti is facing questions why he omitted Panucci.

He said: "I did not take him off, he took himself off the list. The situation is pretty clear, if you want to look at it carefully."