Roberto de Zerbi endured a nightmare return to Italy as Brighton suffered a 4-0 defeat against a rejuvenated Roma side in the first leg of their last 16 Europa League knockout clash.
Two first half goals did the majority of the damage as Paulo Dybala opened the scoring in the 13th minute before on-loan Chelsea forward Romelu Lukaku struck again just before the interval.
27-year-old Gianluca Mancini added a third in the second half before Bryan Cristante scored a late fourth goal to condemn the Premier League visitors to a difficult defeat in the Italian capital.