Rudi Garcia saw “at least two positives” from Roma’s 4-4 draw at Bayer Leverkusen, “but in the locker room they must understand it’s everyone’s fault.”
The Giallorossi were 2-0 down after 19 minutes, went 4-2 up only to concede twice in the final six minutes.
“There are at least two positives from this,” the Coach told Mediaset Premium.
Rudi Garcia saw “at least two positives” from Roma’s 4-4 draw at Bayer Leverkusen, “but in the locker room they must understand it’s everyone’s fault.”
The Giallorossi were 2-0 down after 19 minutes, went 4-2 up only to concede twice in the final six minutes.
“There are at least two positives from this,” the Coach told Mediaset Premium.
“We could’ve given up when going 2-0 down. Instead, we played well and scored four goals. However, with 10 minutes to go, we really should play our way out of defence better. At the end of the day, it’s a point away from home and that is positive.
“It’s true that four goals away from home are a lot, but the attitude of the team was important. We got too deep and maybe needed to be more determined. Their third goal was a beauty for everyone to see and we couldn’t do much about that.”
Roma’s first six Champions League goals this season were all conceded in the opening half-hour, so do they lack intensity at the start?
“The penalty after four minutes was more bad luck than anything else,” argued Garcia. “The second goal was our mistake, but I maintain the team played well.
“In the second half we left Bayer more space and they were ready to hit us on the counter-attack.
“It’s completely true to say we lack balance when out of possession. Without Leandro Castan 100 per cent fit and Antonio Rudiger returning from injury, it was not easy.
“However, today it was not just the fault of the defence, as we didn’t give Bayer enough problems when playing our way out of defence.
“In the locker room they must understand that it’s everyone’s fault. In attack we scored four goals, but the credit for those goes to everyone. At the same time, we absolutely must improve in defence.
“This dropped victory unfortunately has made us fall further behind in the group.”
Roma have only two points from three games and are bottom of the group, behind BATE Borisov with three, Bayer Leverkusen four and Barcelona seven.