Jose Mourinho has defended his decision to prevent Roma captain Lorenzo Pellegrini from taking a penalty in the win over Udinese on Sunday.
Roma consolidated their position in the top four of Serie A with a comfortable 3-0 victory against Udinese at the Stadio Olimpico. Edoardo Bove opened the scoring before second-half strikes from Pellegrini and Tammy Abraham made sure of the points.
But despite picking up a third straight Serie A win to create a five-point gap to fifth place Inter Milan, Mourinho was forced to defend himself in his post-match interview. The Roma boss made the decision to take Pellegrini off penalties after he missed a critical one in the 1-0 defeat against Feyenoord in the first leg of the Europa Conference League quarter-final in midweek.
