Roma coach Jose Mourinho was happy with the character shown for their 3-1 defeat of Fiorentina.
Nicolò Zaniolo was given a red card for Roma in the 3-1 win. Bartlomiej Dragowski aso saw red for rushing outside his penalty area to trip Tammy Abraham after just 17 minutes, but the Viola pushed constantly and had cancelled out the Henrikh Mkhitaryan goal with a Nikola Milenkovic strike before Jordan Veretout bagged a brace.
"It was a real game, entertaining, even though we didn't play very well. We were good 11 against 11, 10 against 10 good, but not 11 against 10," Mourinho told DAZN.
“That's when we lost our reference points, oddly had more difficulty pressing. Once we lost Zaniolo, we got back into the game, scored two, then three and from then on had control.
“After the match, I went to Vincenzo Italiano and told him that Fiorentina are a team who clearly have a great coach."
He added: “The referee got every decision right. VAR is there to spot every tiny error, which can at times be decisive in games."
