Daniele De Rossi is restored to Roma lineup by Rudi Garcia

Roma are next with five points with Leverkusen on four as BATE prop up the bottom of the standings.

Roma have only won one of their last eight home games in UEFA competition and were thrashed 7-1 by Bayern Munich when they last hosted a Bundesliga side last season.

Barcelona extended its lead in Group B with a win over BATE Borisov and has 10 points.

With the city derby this Sunday it is a crucial week for the Giallorossi, who sit third in Serie A just a point behind leaders Fiorentina and second-placed Inter Milan.

He said: “Congratulations to Roma, but we are not giving up”. It turned not only the game, but also qualification from Group E on its head; it was born out of necessity. “We had many chances on the counter, but the three points are the most important thing for us”.

Roma have yet to record a win in the 2015/2016 Champions League campaign.

Roma were of course awared a penalty which was tucked away nicely by Pjanic thus providing Roma with a 3-2 win over Leverkusen. The sports statistics website states that the Turkish global has scored six goals and provided six assists in his last 16 games in European football. However, AS Roma players were able to score the victor.

The Frenchman added he was “encouraged” by Roma’s defensive performance at the San Siro last weekend, which came in timely fashion.

Mehmedi met Kevin Kampl’s cut back with a powerful angled drive that nestled in the roof of Wojciech Szczesny’s net on 46 minutes and Hernandez made it 2-2 after being found by Karim Bellarabi’s excellent pass in the 51st.

Indeed, they were given a rude awakening at the start of the second half “I don’t know [what happened], we started the second half badly and conceded two goals”, he said.

“He’s a great striker and we knew that”.

Bayer Leverkusen midfielder Hakan Calhanoglu has revealed that he would find it very hard to turn down a future move to either Manchester United or Barcelona.