Napoli suffered their seventh defeat in 14 matches across all competitions this season after losing 4-1 to Porto in the Champions League in Portugal. Massimiliano Allegri discussed the performance afterward.
Allegri on the details
Allegri said: “You win and lose matches on details, not the big things, but the small ones. The team fought and chased Porto around man for man as long as they could, but then we ran out of fuel”
He added: “I had a similar season at Juventus; I’ve been through this before. The only thing we must do is keep working, fix a few things, have that extra metre and extra bit of concentration in certain moments.”
Allegri said: “This evening was a better performance than the one we saw on Sunday in Turin, certainly.”
Set plays and the final stages
Allegri said: “We made mistakes on two set plays, the team had in my view a good performance up to the 70 th minute”
He continued: “It was an aggressive performance; we went man for man, but then conceded this second goal on a bouncing ball, and with fatigue we didn’t push up in time for the offside. These are errors that unfortunately can happen when you are tired. The tempo is high in the Champions League, and in those final minutes we were struggling, as they hit the crossbar twice just before the goal and were cutting through us fairly easily.”
Allegri’s record and contract
Journalist Giovanni Capuano reported that Allegri has lost 14 of his latest 27 matches in the dugout, winning just 10 and conceding 40 goals in the process.
Allegri signed a three-year contract with Napoli this summer.
Other facts
Loreno Lucca openly confronted Kevin De Bruyne on the pitch. Matteo Politano said that only Italian players show up to talk to the media after defeats.
Rasmus Hojlund admitted that he disagreed with Allegri.
