Lazio coach Maurizio Sarri refused to panic after defeat to Genoa.

Mateo Retegui struck the only goal of the game for Genoa on Sunday.

“We certainly made progress from the Lecce game, even if only in terms of attitude. We were timorous at the start, irritable, then did better from the 20th minute on and just lacked the finish with our strikers still finding their form," Sarri told Sky Italia.

“There were steps forward, not enough, even though the result tonight feels rather unfair. It means we need more steps forward.

“I am worried that our new arrivals all came in August, some were free agents and others frozen out from their squads, so had not trained for weeks. Clearly, we cannot be in extraordinary shape with those circumstances.

“However, if the attitude of the lads is the one I saw in the last 70 minutes, then we'll get it sorted out soon enough.

“In the opening 20 minutes we lost the ball repeatedly playing out from the back and that leaves you exposed. It was better in terms of distribution, as we pinned Genoa back for 70 minutes and only allowed one real counter-attack that was four minutes from the end. The first 20 minutes were poor, that is true, and usually the quality of our strikers helps us to make the difference, but tonight the siege did not find a way through."