Sinisa Mihajlovic said Sampdoria “deserved the victory” against Napoli, so they “can only be proud” after a 1-1 draw.
Duvan Zapata grabbed an equaliser for 10-man Napoli deep into stoppages to cancel out Eder’s opener.
“Considering we dominated the match, I think drawing like this hurts everyone,” the Coach told Sky Sport Italia.
Sinisa Mihajlovic said Sampdoria “deserved the victory” against Napoli, so they “can only be proud” after a 1-1 draw.
Duvan Zapata grabbed an equaliser for 10-man Napoli deep into stoppages to cancel out Eder’s opener.
“Considering we dominated the match, I think drawing like this hurts everyone,” the Coach told Sky Sport Italia.
“We deserved the victory for our performance, but this is football and against a big club you get punished at the first distraction.
“Having played against Napoli, who in recent years have always been in the top two or three teams in Italy and had more shots on target than anyone else this season, we allowed them hardly any chances. I think we can only be proud of that.
“Napoli threw everything they had at us, four strikers and the goal was probably our first mistake as Mesbah didn’t follow Zapata. I cannot reproach my lads for anything, as they gave their all. They gave their all.”
Sampdoria drop to fifth place while Napoli and Genoa are joint third, but the Blucerchiati have just one win from their last seven games.
“Once again today we proved that we can play on a par with anyone. We are missing that little something to beat a big club. It’s disappointing for the lads, but if we keep playing like this and improve our mentality away from home, then we can go far.”
Mihajlovic surprisingly threw on striker Manolo Gabbiadini for midfielder Luca Rizzo while 1-0 up in the final minutes.
“I saw Rizzo was tired and Napoli were putting us under pressure on the wings, so I introduced a striker to put more pressure on their full-backs and keep them from crossing.
“Unfortunately, they did score with a cross from that side, but we were forced into two substitutions with Obiang and Soriano injured, so we had to adapt our original plans.
“If we’d been able to make the substitutions we had planned, then perhaps we would’ve won rather than drawn this game.
“We drew with Roma, Milan and now Napoli, so we are just missing that something extra.”