Sassuolo coach Roberto De Zerbi admitted some relief after their 3-2 defeat of Verona.

At 2-2, Junior Hamed Traore struck the winner for Sassuolo.

“I think we deserved to win. It's true we made some adjustments, such as sitting a little deeper, because we respect Verona and didn't want to press them high with the risk of sparking their intensity," De Zerbi told Sky Italia.

“We could've been more than a goal up at half-time, but Verona cause problems for everyone and they never back down."

Ivan Juric claimed Verona dominated the game and could've won it before the late Sassuolo strike.

“I am honest and say that when it was 2-2, we could well have lost. We could also have been 2-0 up at the break and conceded a goal entirely against the run of play, it came out of nowhere. It's Verona, you can lose any match against Verona."