Sarri dismayed by Feyenoord goal despite comfortable Napoli win

Maurizio Sarri was angry with the sloppiness of his Napoli side despite their 3-1 Champions League win over Feyenoord.

The Serie A leaders were cruising to a 3-0 victory when they conceded a consolation goal to Sofyan Amrabat in stoppage time, having earlier required Pepe Reina to save a penalty before Jose Callejon’s clinching goal.

And Sarri feels that the small margins of European competition mean that Napoli cannot afford to continue giving away needless chances.

“At this time, I am much more annoyed about the goal we conceded,” he said. “In a competition where goal difference counts, you cannot concede a goal like that 10 seconds from the end. I cannot be satisfied.

“We had a good game, created a lot, but what I don’t like is that we allowed Feyenoord absolutely nothing and yet they scored a goal and had a penalty. Clearly, we are doing something very wrong.

“We also should have scored more goals, considering the chances we had.”

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Both Lorenzo Insigne and Dries Mertens dedicated goals to Arkadiusz Milik, the Poland international who has damaged cruciate ligaments for the second successive season, with Mertens ruing his team-mate’s “incredible” misfortune.

“The celebration was for Milik and we played for him, too,” the Belgium forward told Mediaset Premium.

“It’s incredible to see such bad luck and this is a difficult time for him – so the goal and the win were for him.”