Roma striker Edin Dzeko was delighted with their 3-0 win at Palermo on Sunday.

Dzeko came off the bench to get on the scoresheet, while Stephan El Shaarawy and Bruno Peres were also on target.

“We scored three goals and kept a clean sheet, so that's good for our confidence. Today those who hadn't played as much this season got a chance and did very well, so we can relax, the team has plenty of options.

“There are a lot of good strikers, I was glad to get on target after three or four games. We won today, that can boost us going forward and Thursday is a very important match for our season."

He added: “The last week has not been good for us and it was important to win tonight, we didn't really mind how."