Lazio sporting director Igli Tare has taken aim at the players over their recent slump.

Lazio were beaten at home by Atalanta on Saturday.

“I wouldn't say we are not in a good period of form, but that we have some wrong approaches in different periods of the games that end up having a negative influence on the results," Tare told Sky Italia.

“If you look, of the 17 points we dropped from leading situations, 13 were against teams fighting against relegation. That shows it's about the approach, especially at the start of the second half."

He added, “This is a journey, it's a process, we have to win the war and not the individual battles. We have to finish in the top four, as that would be fundamental."