Lazio: Inzaghi blames his own defender for loss to Roma

19 nov 2017

Lazio manager Simone Inzaghi assigned full blame for his side’s defeat in the Derby della Capitale on his own defender, Bastos. The Angolan was responsible for tripping Aleksandar Kolarov in the box, which allowed Diego Perotti to score from the penalty spot, and coughed up the ball to Radja Nainggolan, only minutes later, before the Roma star doubled the lead.

“If you make two huge errors like that, you lose,” said Inzaghi of the Angolan international.

“In the first half it was fairly guarded from both sides, with Roma pushing higher, but without actually causing us any problems. In fact, we had two dangerous counter-attacks with Adam Marusic and Luis Alberto,” the Coach told Mediaset Premium.

“In the second half, the spaces were going to open up and I would’ve made a few changes to make the most of that, but when you see two huge individual errors like that, you will lose a derby.”

Lazio had been on a run of nine consecutive victories before losing to Roma last night, 2-1.