Rafa Benitez praised Napoli for their “intensity, pace and quality” to fight back against Milan.
“I have to compliment my players, as against Roma and now Milan they played with intensity, pace and quality,” he told Sky Sport Italia after a 3-1 victory.
Rafa Benitez praised Napoli for their “intensity, pace and quality” to fight back against Milan.
“I have to compliment my players, as against Roma and now Milan they played with intensity, pace and quality,” he told Sky Sport Italia after a 3-1 victory.
Adel Taarabt had given the Rossoneri an early lead, but Gokhan Inler’s deflected strike and a second half Gonzalo Higuain brace turned it all around.
“Clearly Gonzalo can make the difference, but his teammates helped him a great deal and we created so many chances tonight. We could’ve scored a lot more.
“In recent weeks we had basically beaten Bologna and conceded at the 93rd minute, Chievo had one shot on goal and we gave Atalanta” data-scaytid=”11″>Atalanta three assists. It is different playing against a side like Roma or Milan, who attack and give you space to play football.”
Inler provided one of those ‘assists’ in the 3-0 defeat to Atalanta, but tonight scored a goal and set up Higuain.
“He is a spectacular professional and the other day was a fluke. If he does that move again 100 times, he won’t get it wrong again. It was bad luck, but today he showed his character and quality.
“Jorginho works well and is still young, so still needs more physical work to get stronger. I am 100 per cent convinced with time to work pre-season he’ll be much better next year. He has quality and the mental speed to think of the right pass.”
Some of the ultras held up a banner criticising President Aurelio De Laurentiis: ‘We are tired of competing, we want to triumph!’
“I think we proved over the years that we want to win every game. If we drop points on a few occasions, it is a pity, but we are in the Europa League and Coppa Italia with a new squad. I see that as positive and we can improve with time.
“I spoke to the President and clearly we are all happy with the performance, which is of a very high level.”