Roma coach Jose Mourinho was pleased with their 4-1 win at Cagliari.

Romelu Lukaku struck twice, with Houssem Aouar also on the scoresheet for the Giallorossi.

Mourinho said, “It gives us a little more solidity. Obviously, the defeat to Genoa was a very strange game, but we spent a lot of time analysing that match and realised that because we are not a super fast or intense team, Renato Sanches usually gives us an engine and losing Cristante too, we needed to make adjustments.

“It was important to find solidity to help the transition, while the two wing-backs, there is always someone ready to help out and keep that balance. We did not suffer counter-attacks, so I think we have found some solidity.

“Today was tough, as we only had kids on the bench and with all three midfielders booked in the first half, we had to be careful. We could not risk losing the ball and allowing a counter-attack, so we tried to find that balance instead."

On claims he could've been sacked had Roma lost, Mourinho also said: "I work every day with my staff, these are the people at Trigoria who work every day together, we train together, we eat together, this is our bubble. We only thought of one thing, which was to win the next game.

“I live in a very isolated way, I don't have a big social life going out and meeting people in the street or the restaurant, so I am also isolated from the voices that are out there.

“I am not a child, I know full well what I want for myself and I am calm. I'm very happy that we won this game, not very happy with 11 points as I feel we should've had more, but at the same time we are not far off the places we are aiming at.

“It's a pity everyone is going out now on international duty. We will certainly lose Paulo for a while, but will see if we manage to get some of the four who are hurt back to full fitness.

“It was tough today with so few options, but they showed real team spirit."