Roma striker Edin Dzeko says his form this season is down to Luciano Spalletti.

Dzeko is currently Serie A's leading scorer with 28 goals.

“How important was Spalletti?" Dzeko told Sky Italia.

“Very important. He wants to play attacking football and he taught me new things, how to always attack space, because it's more difficult in Italy, the defenders play tighter and deeper than they do in England or Germany.

“That means if you go to the ball and not the goal it's more difficult to score. Obviously he was a key person in my success.

“Every striker wants to score as many goals as possible, my first season wasn't very good but we've already talked enough about my first season.

“I just want to concentrate on next year, like I've done this season. Obviously having scored this many goals is a fantastic achievement for me.

“All these goals would have been possible without the team and the players who gave me so much help."