Jose Mourinho stayed positive after seeing his Roma side thrashed 4-0 by Udinese – but still couldn’t resist a dig at the match referee.
Destiny Udogie, Lazar Samardzic, Roberto Pereyra and Sandi Lovric were all on target as Udinese outclassed Mourinho’s Roma and climbed up to fourth place in the league table.
“My explanation is it was a difficult game, a difficult opponent that knows how to play this type of game,” Mourinho told DAZN after the match. “I will say that I prefer to lose one match 4-0 than four matches 1-0. It’s tough for us and the fans to swallow, but this is life, we have another game on Thursday and we go forward.”
The Portuguese added on the match officials: “When you lose 4-0, you cannot talk about the referee, but when we heard this was the referee for the game, we realised he was the perfect official for a team like Udinese to play at home. The first yellow card went to the artist of the match, that says it all.”
