Carlo Ancelotti said Empoli “played far better” than Napoli, despite losing 5-1, and the statistics suggest he had a point.
Dries Mertens scored a hat-trick, with Lorenzo Insigne and Arkadiusz Milik also on target in last night’s Serie A match.
Ancelotti’s complaints to the media seemed surprising after a 5-1 triumph, but a quick look at the stats shows what he was referring to.
Carlo Ancelotti said Empoli “played far better” than Napoli, despite losing 5-1, and the statistics suggest he had a point.
Dries Mertens scored a hat-trick, with Lorenzo Insigne and Arkadiusz Milik also on target in last night’s Serie A match.
Ancelotti’s complaints to the media seemed surprising after a 5-1 triumph, but a quick look at the stats shows what he was referring to.
Napoli famously keep possession better than most other sides in Italy, yet Empoli had 53 per cent of the ball by the final whistle.
They also completed 511 passes compared to 493 for Ancelotti’s men.
The visitors also had 11 shots, four of them on target and scoring only with Francesco Caputo, and took seven corner kicks compared to none at all for Napoli.