El Shaarawy: A debut I'll never forget

“It was a debut I'll never be able to forget,” our new No.22 admitted after finding the net with a brilliant backheel early in the second half.

“I'm delighted we got the win and scoring one myself was just the icing on the cake. It felt amazing.”

The Italy forward, who completed his move to Roma on 26 January, played the full 90 minutes as Luciano Spalletti's side secured a 3-1 triumph at the Olimpico, Daniel Ciofani cancelling out Radja Nainggolan's opener before El Shaarawy restored the Giallorossi's lead and Miralem Pjanic rounded off the scoring late on.

“I'm happy of course but I'm not here to celebrate,” Stephan continued. “We have to get straight back down to work. Things can change in no time at all in football and I know that from personal experience. We need to train hard in the week because we have another important game coming up on Tuesday.”

What Roma did you expect to find and what Roma did you see today?

“I've always thought Roma have a fantastic squad with top-quality players. We played a bit better in the second half today. My goal gave us a lift and a bit more courage to stroke the ball around. Then Frosinone waned and we were clever enough to get the third goal and see the match out. Now we have to make sure we keep winning and not get too carried away.”