Roma's Bryan Cristante not taking Manchester United for granted ahead of CL clash

Serie A giants Roma picked up a dominant 5-2 win over Udinese and continued their march upwards in the project under Gian Piero Gasperini. They now find themselves at third in the table, only behind Inter and Lazio but face a big challenge in the form of Manchester United in the Champions League in midweek.

Bryan Cristante, who scored in the first half against Udinese, spoke about the upcoming tie and he made it clear that despite their struggles, Manchester United can't be taken for granted at all. The Italian told DAZN - via VoceGiallorossa:"Yes, but it's still Manchester United.

They're a strong team with a lot of quality players. It will be very difficult to play at their home ground, because they'll want to do well and certainly bounce back.

But we'll go there and try to bring it home, as we always do. We're taking it game by game, and clearly getting a positive result would be crucial for our Champions League position.

He also looked at Roma's performance against Udinese, appearing proud that the Giallorossi score a lot of goals regularly. We're scoring a lot and creating a lot, and that's very important.

It's clear that if you score, it's easier to win. So, the longer we can keep this up, the better.

Cristante was also asked about whether Roma can keep up their performances until the end of the season. He responded:"We're trying, of course.

It's difficult; there are so many games and so many strong teams. But if we play like this, we have a chance.

We have to compete to stay there as long as possible. It's not easy; there's so much at stake, but as long as we're there, we'll do everything we can to be there.