Fiorentina coach Vincenzo Italiano was happy with their 1-1 Genoa on Monday night.

Albert Gudmundsson struck first for Genoa via a penalty, before Jonathan Ikone's found a Viola equaliser.

“I told the lads that my first year here, we'd have lost this game," Italiano said on DAZN.

“We lost so many matches like this because of our excessive desire to win. The positives we take away are the fact Ikone scored with a header, I think perhaps the second header of his career, and he turned it into a goal.

“It is also positive that we achieved a point while having to rotate quite a few players, seeing as we have a game coming up on Thursday.

“At the end of the day, we have a point that with a little bit of quality upfront we could've turned into a victory. But that is fine."

He added: “I talked to both Ikone and Sottil about the fact they can be more dangerous when attacking. Ikone did well to throw himself in there, but my wingers need to have something more when taking men on. We need those with a bit more quality to show it."