Manuel Locatelli insists Juventus ‘are higher than this’ after left them languishing in seventh place. ‘We made errors we shouldn’t be making.’
The Bianconeri barely created any scoring alternatives on the Stadio Diego Maradona, because the Kenan Yildiz angled drive was their first shot heading in the right direction.
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NAPLES, ITALY – DECEMBER 07: Luciano Spalletti, Head Coach of Juventus, reacts throughout the Serie A match between SSC Napoli and Juventus FC at Stadio Diego Armando Maradona on December 07, 2025 in Naples, Italy. (Photograph by Francesco Pecoraro/Getty Pictures)
That was solely a short lived equaliser after the Rasmus Hojlund opener, and the Dane added a second nodding within the mistaken Weston McKennie knockdown.
With Dusan Vlahovic out injured, Luciano Spalletti had opted for Kenan Yildiz as a False 9, but it surely didn’t repay.
Locatelli outlines Juventus issues
NAPLES, ITALY – DECEMBER 07: Kenan Yildiz of Juventus celebrates scoring his workforce’s first objective throughout the Serie A match between SSC Napoli and Juventus FC at Stadio Diego Armando Maradona on December 07, 2025 in Naples, Italy. (Photograph by Francesco Pecoraro/Getty Pictures)
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“The coach had requested us to maintain the ball and move it round to create superiority within the midfield, however they pressed us effectively and we made errors that we shouldn’t be making,”
“We definitely must do higher than this.”
It was a possibility for Juventus to get again into the title race, however as an alternative the defeat leaves them eight factors adrift of the Serie A leaders.
They’re additionally now simply three factors away from Sassuolo and Cremonese, nonetheless behind Como in seventh place.
NAPLES, ITALY – DECEMBER 07: Rasmus Hojlund of SSC Napoli celebrates scoring his workforce’s second objective throughout the Serie A match between SSC Napoli and Juventus FC at Stadio Diego Armando Maradona on December 07, 2025 in Naples, Italy. (Photograph by Francesco Pecoraro/Getty Pictures)
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“We’re effectively conscious of the place that we’re in and that we should do higher, as a result of we’re higher than this,” added Locatelli.
“We’ve received to choose up factors, on the finish of the day, phrases depend for little or no. It’s about outcomes.”
The midfielder was requested how he’s experiencing this present second for the Bianconeri, who’re on their third coach in two seasons after Thiago Motta and Igor Tudor dismissals.
“With the accountability {that a} captain must have. I need to attempt to set the instance and clarify why we misplaced immediately, even when what finally counts is what occurs on the pitch.”