Roma coach Luciano Spalletti was delighted with victory over Juventus on Sunday.

Mario Lemina had opened the scoring, but Daniele De Rossi, Stephan El Shaarawy and Radja Nainggolan turned it all around to postpone the Scudetto party, closing the gap to four points.

“We had a good game and were missing several players, but we worked as a gritty side, who at times had to make changes and were able to suffer under pressure, keeping a clear head on the objective," Spalletti told Mediaset Premium.

“As I said before the match, what interested us was winning this particular game. The rest is irrelevant. If you want to pay us a compliment, it's that Roma were always capable of this, but it's more than the victory, it's proving the kind of people we are.

“It's fighting back from a goal down, overcoming obstacles and showing how much we want the result. It's that little animal that winning teams like Juventus have within them and we want that too.

“I think (referee Luca) Banti had an excellent game tonight, as he let it flow and was very even-handed, immediately showing he wasn't going to blow the whistle for 50-50 situations. He was consistent and sent an early signal of how he was going to approach it."