Rudi Garcia insists he remains the right man to lead Roma despite overseeing back-to-back defeats.

The Giallorossiwere humbled 6-1 by Barcelona on Tuesday and now face the possibility of an early exit from the Champions League. A subsequent meeting with Atalanta in Serie A offered a shot at redemption but Roma were instead beaten 2-0 in their own Stadio Olimpico thanks to goals from Alejandro Gomez and German Denis from a penalty.

French coach Garcia was given the board’s backing heading into the weekend and maintains his belief that the capital club can turn things around under his watch. He told asroma.it: “It’s been a bad week, but the team have also demonstrated that they have the quality to recover from this run.

“I will not give up, I am a fighter. I am disappointed and angry... but we will need anger to get out of this slump. I’m right behind my players. “I will take responsibility, that’s not a problem. I’ll stand in front of my players and speak up so they don’t have to. What they need to do now is to get back to work.

The sky is blue behind these dark clouds.” Sunday’s defeat left Roma in fourth place in the standings with 27 points from 13 matches. Meanwhile, Daniele de Rossi said Roma must start ‘acting as a team’ as he defended his coach. “Our relationship with Garcia is excellent, I don’t know what my team-mates said after the other games but blaming the coach is what I’d expect from cowards,” he said.

“We’re the ones who take to the pitch and we must shoulder our part of the blame. He may have his share of it, but it must be taken collectively.

“When you take to the pitch with greater technical quality than your opponents and you can’t exploit that, then you must question yourself. “Things must be done as a team, otherwise it’s too easy.