Maurizio Sarri felt Napoli’s 0-0 draw with Roma “was one-way traffic, as we were the only team playing football.”
The Giallorossi had a goal disallowed because the Antonio Rudiger cross had looped out of play, but that was their only genuine opportunity.
“I don’t know if the ball went out completely, but in any case Juan Iturbe was fouling Raul Albiol in the middle, so it should’ve been disallowed anyway,” Sarri told Mediaset Premium.
Maurizio Sarri felt Napoli’s 0-0 draw with Roma “was one-way traffic, as we were the only team playing football.”
The Giallorossi had a goal disallowed because the Antonio Rudiger cross had looped out of play, but that was their only genuine opportunity.
“I don’t know if the ball went out completely, but in any case Juan Iturbe was fouling Raul Albiol in the middle, so it should’ve been disallowed anyway,” Sarri told Mediaset Premium.
“It was one-way traffic, as we were the only team playing football. Roma did better than usual defensively, we had many opportunities that we wasted in front of goal. We didn’t make the most of a pretty obvious supremacy throughout the match.
"If this was a boxing match, Roma's corner would've thrown in the towel."
Gonzalo Higuain fired blanks after scoring in each of his last eight games at the Stadio San Paolo.
“He could’ve done more. In the first half we created so much despite getting several movements wrong. The team left Pipita isolated, above all in the first half.
“Looking at the team from the 85th minute to the 93rd, I doubt fatigue was an issue. Roma took an unusual attitude, sitting back deep and clamming up, which was difficult to break down.
“Over the break my team realised what it had to do and we created far more scoring opportunities.”