European roundup: Roma thrashed by Udinese, Mainz beat Mönchengladbach

Roma were thrashed 4-0 by a Udinese side who showed no mercy and were helped by a brilliant early goal from Destiny Udogie in their fifth Serie A game of the season.

José Mourinho’s side could have gone top with a win but Udinese scored after five minutes through Udogie, who intercepted a pass between the defender Rick Karsdorp and goalkeeper Rui Patrício to slot home. Lazar Samardzic doubled the lead in the 56th minute from outside the box and his fellow midfielder Roberto Pereyra netted a left-footed shot in the 75th minute, with the assist coming from Jean-Victor Makengo

Sandi Lovric slotted home seven minutes later when Pereyra cut the ball back to find him in the middle of the box. Roma, who are fifth on 10 points, visit Empoli on 12 September while Udinese, who are fourth, travel to Sassuolo next Sunday.

“I prefer losing one match 4-0 than four matches 1-0,” Mourinho told reporters after his worst defeat at the helm of a Serie A team. “We conceded goals due to individual mistakes, but for me they are collective mistakes,” he added.

Mainz snapped 10-man Borussia Mönchengladbach’s unbeaten Bundesliga run with a 1-0 win courtesy of Aaron Martin’s free-kick to move into the top five. Unlike in last week’s 1-1 draw against Bayern Munich, when Gladbach keeper Yann Sommer made a league-record 19 saves, it was the visitors who were stronger in the first half and missed a string of chances.

Marcus Thuram squandered several and hit the woodwork but instead of going in front the host found themselves down to 10 in the 63rd minute when Ko Itakura was shown a straight red card for a last-man foul. To make matters worse, Martin stepped up to curl a superb free-kick past Sommer, who was left frozen on the spot, and into the top