Thursday, 18th September, 2014
Roma boss Rudi Garcia has hailed his side’s fine start in the Champions League, following their 5-1 win over CSKA Moscow last night.
The Serie A outfit raced to a four-goal lead within 31 minutes at the Stadio Olimpico, courtesy of a Gervinho brace and goals apiece from Juan Manuel Iturbe and Maicon.
Sergei Ignashevich’s own-goal after the break further increased Roma’s lead before Ahmed Musa reduced the arrears for the visitors late on in the game.
And Garcia, who felt his side were “really efficient” against the Russian club, believes Iturbe and Gervinho’s pace made Roma’s job easier.
“We played like we wanted to play”, he told UEFA’s official site.
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“We knew that it would be possible to build good chances playing through CSKA's lines and we did that, exploiting the speed of Juan Manuel Iturbe and Gervinho.
“We showed good willingness, but especially we were really efficient. We settled the match very quickly, which was important; this is the best start for us in the UEFA Champions League.”
Roma will next face Manchester City, who lost 1-0 to Bayern Munich at the Allianz Arena last night, in the Champions League at the Etihad Stadium on 30th September.
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