Maurizio Sarri returns to Napoli for the first time ends in agony as his former club beat Juventus 2-1 at San Paolo Stadium, despite Cristiano Ronaldo scored his 8th league game in a row.<\/p>\n
It took more than 60 minutes for Napoli to break the deadlock as Piotr Zielinski scored in 63 minutes, before captain Lorenzo Insigne scored the second in 86 minutes.<\/p>\n
Juventus who were unable to control the possession and produced a much-lower shots compared to Napoli, pulled one back by Ronaldo in the final minutes of the game.<\/p>\n
It was a surprise defeat given that Napoli were 10th in the table, after replacing manager Carlo Ancelotti with former Milan manager Gennaro Gattuso.<\/p>\n
“We were passive for the whole game,” said Sarri.<\/p>\n
“It was a bland performance, we were caught between pressing and waiting. They only had to do the bare minimum to beat us.”<\/p>\n
Gattuso is much happier after suffering a 2-0 defeat at home to Fiorentina last week.<\/p>\n
“We have to keep going like this now, not let up and focus on Napoli 24 hours a day,” he said. “I haven\u2019t been here long, but this team have hurt themselves with certain attitudes and behaviour.<\/p>\n
“We have been jeered and insulted, often quite rightly, so it\u2019s up to us now to turn things around.”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"