Roma coach Jose Mourinho was pleased with victory at Sampdoria.

An early goal from Lorenzo Pellegrini proved the winner on Monday night.

Mourinho said, “The three points are important, it was also important to win with confidence and tranquility. I enjoyed all of this.

"A team coached by (Dejan) Stankovic never gives up, they have pride, b***s and sacrifice, I had talked about it with my team.

"We studied the moment to close the game and we did everything well, we only missed the 2-0. We could have panicked, but we managed with confidence against a difficult team."