Carlo Ancelotti and Lorenzo Insigne were very irritable in their post-match interviews after Napoli’s shock 1-0 home loss to Cagliari.
The Partenopei are already six points off Serie A leaders Inter thanks to the upset at the Stadio San Paolo, decided by Lucas Castro’s free header in the final minutes.
“We are very disappointed with the result, but it was not a bad performance at all,” insisted the Coach on Sky Sport Italia.
“We allowed Cagliari very few counter-attacks, hardly any. At the end, we were taken by surprise, as we stopped to complain about a foul on Fernando Llorente and allowed ourselves to be caught cold off balance.
“Napoli created chances, forced saves, hit the upright twice, so it was overall a decent performance. Cagliari focused entirely on defence and closing down all the spaces.
“It was paradoxical that (Kalidou) Koulibaly was sent off for saying something to the referee and we had a series of yellow cards, when if there was a team that was playing rough, it was Cagliari.
“I won’t have this overall performance reduced to once incident. Napoli played very well. We could’ve done better, but that’s always true in every situation. I do not judge games only on the results and I won’t accept that attitude.
“Seeing as you are so desperate to find something to criticise, fine, I’ll say we are sobbing when looking at the table. Happy? I am not remotely worried, not at all.”
Sky Sport Italia pundit Giancarlo Marocchi infuriated Napoli captain Insigne when suggesting they played with the intensity of a pre-season friendly.
“I find that offensive, especially from a former player, to suggest that we didn’t give our all out there,” replied the Italy international.
“You can criticise our results, but I will not stand for claims we gave less than 100 per cent today.”
