Torino 2-0 Lazio – Sarri claims ‘lack of energy’ to blame for defeat: ‘Creating chances not the issue’

Maurizio Sarri made no attempt to sugarcoat what he witnessed in his side’s 2-0 defeat to Torino, delivering a blunt and self-critical assessment of a Lazio performance he described as flat, joyless and simply lacking the basic energy required to compete.

The Lazio head coach spoke at his press conference after the game, with quotes via TuttoMercatoWeb.

“As for energy, we were inferior to our opponents,” he said plainly. “We never won a loose ball. The absurd thing is that we had five chances on goal and they had four...