Roma midfielder Daniele de Rossi has jumped to the defence of coach Rudi Garcia after defeat to Atalanta.
The Giallorossi's loss follows from their 2-2 against Bologna and their crushing 6-1 Champions League catastrophe against Barcelona.
De Rossi stated: "No-one will say on television that it's the Coach's fault, we have to improve. Certain difficulties are open and obvious, but blaming the Coach means looking for excuses, and we'd end up failing big time like we did last year.
“Last year too we thought we had a strong team, but Juventus proved they were far superior. This year we're doing better but we're taking too many goals.
“The last two-three matches hindered us under every point of view. All we have to do is work, full stop.
“Last year we played poorly for 3-4 months, we realised too late that Napoli and Lazio were tailing us. We can't afford not to qualify for the Champions League.
“The supporters followed us down to Barcelona, they won't abandon us to go to Turin."
Source: tribalfootball.com