Napoli coach Rudi Garcia was left frustrated after their 2-1 defeat to Lazio.
Luis Alberto's flick had Lazio ahead before Piotr Zielinski found an equaliser. Daichi Kamada netted the winner for Lazio after clever play from Alberto and Felipe Anderson.
Garcia said, We deserved to be ahead at half-time, because we played really well at the start and did not get the goal we deserved.
On almost Lazio's only real foray into our half, they scored, so had a 100 per cent efficiency rate. We equalised, but in the second half were far less effective in our passing and creating chances.
Considering the second half, Lazio deserved the win, but looking at the match as a whole, I think a draw would've been better. The lads must learn that when we cannot win, we must at least not lose.
We knew that against Lazio it is dangerous to take risks, because Felipe Anderson and Ciro Immobile are so good on the counter. Perhaps we weren't aggressive enough in some defensive situations and need to improve that.
I was not expecting that second half performance, but even then we could've got the equaliser and were not precise enough. We had 22 shots and none of them were on target in the second half, so it becomes difficult to score when we do that.
There was even a chance at the final whistle with Juan Jesus and then Lindstrom firing over the bar. We have to accept the result and hope to get everyone in shape after the break for international duty for the start of this marathon season. There will be no time to complain."
He added, We had pressured them well in the first half and recovered the ball early, but it was certainly possible to do better in some situations. We need to be more clinical in front of goal."
