Roma coach Jose Mourinho was proud of his players in defeat to Napoli.

Victor Osimhen scored the opener for Napoli, before Stephan El Shaarawy came off the bench to equalise.

However, in the final minutes, substitute Giovanni Simeone struck for Napoli as they won 2-1 victory.

“We played really good football from the first minute. There was a period 10-15 minutes after Osimhen’s goal when we felt the injustice of going 1-0 down. Aside from that, the team was always in control, pressed high, recovered the ball, defended well,” Mourinho told DAZN.

“If there are games where you can lose and emerge feeling more confident than before, it might seem a contradiction, but this was one of those games. We are certainly the side that made Napoli suffer the most and made the stadium feel empty in an extraordinary atmosphere, as we scared them.

“I leave here more confident. Seeing our three substitutes at the end were three kids who last season were playing on the plastic pitch, it makes me so proud and happy. Sometimes football is unjust, sometimes the team that deserves it the most loses.

“At times we won without deserving, but today I think we deserved to win the game. I am sad about the result, you cannot smile too much when you lose, but with full hearts we move on.”