Di Francesco: 'Roma have no special plans to stop Salah, Strootman will be out'
- Kaustubh Pandey(@Kaus_Pandey17)
The giallorossi head into the second leg at the Stadio Olimpico with two away goals in hand, but the gap of three goals. The first leg saw Mo Salah scored a first-half brace and Roberto Firmino got a brace of his own in the second-half. A Sadio Mane goal made it 5-0 but an Edin Dzeko goal and a Diego Perotti penalty saw Roma grab two vital away goals.
And ahead of the club's second leg against the Reds, Di Francesco told reporters in a pre-match press conference that they have no special plan to stop Mo Salah. He said: "We can not change the whole team for a player like Salah.There are mechanisms, where you have to work a lot better.
"The application and the attention will be decisive. We will be a little bit better at reading certain situations. Not that we will have three players moving for him."
Di Francesco also confirmed that Kevin Strootman won't feature in the game.