Roma star praised for 'great s***housery' in vital win for Jose Mourinho

dailystar.co.uk:

Arsenal star Henrikh Mkhitaryan scored the winner against Sampdoria in the opening 30 minutes in a 1-0 victory. The result continued Roma's fine form at the Stadio Olimpico as Jose Mourinho's men chase down a Champions League spot.After Juventus' loss to Inter Milan on Sunday night, Roma are now five points off the top four with seven games to go.

While the odds remain stacked against them, every win will keep the morale up.And that means every second playing is vital with the club captain Pellegrini taking his sweet time after being subbed off in the last minute against Sampdoria on Saturday.

It may have earned him a booking but it was a play straight out of the Mourinho playbook.As his number came up, the Italian took waltzed off at a leisurely pace and removing his skipper's armband before taking the unusual step of taking his shin pads off while still walking off.

As the Sampdoria players swarmed around in irritation, the referee brandished a yellow card to an unperturbed Pellegrini, who remained blissfully unaware.Fans were absolutely loving the midfielder's piece, especially considering the fact that he has now been suspended for the next Serie A match against bottom-placed Salernitana instead of potentially missing against Napoli and Inter Milan.One fan said: "Sometimes you just have to bow to the absurd." And another wrote: "That's a proper Mourinho player."A third said: "At some point you just wanna see how much you can get away with, lol.