Antonio Conte insists Napoli ‘did all of it by ourselves’ in gifting after a Billy Gilmour error. ‘We had been too busy attempting to be ‘fairly’ to attain.’
The Partenopei had been decimated by accidents going into this match, as , becoming a member of Stanislav Lobotka, Amir Rrahmani, Romelu Lukaku and Nikita Contini.
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Matteo Politano and Alessandro Buongiorno had been solely match to return off the bench late on, the place Politano’s roller got here off the upright and was turned in by Noa Lang in an offside place.
The one purpose of the sport was from ex-Napoli striker Giovanni Simeone, who pounced on a Gilmour error to doom his outdated membership.
Conte sees Napoli errors in opposition to Torino
TURIN, ITALY – OCTOBER 18: Antonio Conte, Head Coach of Napoli, reacts in the course of the Serie A match between Torino FC and SSC Napoli at Stadio Olimpico di Torino on October 18, 2025 in Turin, Italy. (Photograph by Valerio Pennicino/Getty Photos)
“We moved the ball effectively and created conditions within the first half, however had been too busy attempting to be ‘fairly’ and mainly we created their purpose for them,”
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“There was extra power after the break, however not sufficient. So congratulations to Torino, however the truth is we did all of it ourselves as we speak.”
That is the second defeat of the Serie A season for the reigning Champions of Italy, who had additionally misplaced 2-1 to AC Milan on September 28.
That’s two losses of their final three, as many as within the earlier 31 league fixtures, and Conte was once more desperate to level out they shouldn’t be thought-about Scudetto favourites.
“I had mentioned at first of the season that I do know soccer effectively, so I assumed these had been completely regular issues to say. We’re constructing one thing new right here.
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“We’ve started working effectively and our season will rely upon how the brand new arrivals develop and enhance. We’ve a sport each three days, we wouldn’t have time to work in coaching, so we’ve received to enhance each time and have persistence earlier than seeing these enhancements.”
TURIN, ITALY – OCTOBER 18: Kevin De Bruyne of Napoli on the ball in the course of the Serie A match between Torino FC and SSC Napoli at Stadio Olimpico di Torino on October 18, 2025 in Turin, Italy. (Photograph by Valerio Pennicino/Getty Photos)
Curiously, Torino’s solely two victories had been in opposition to joint leaders Roma and Napoli, confirming their standing as giant-killers.
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Nevertheless, the Partenopei have proven critical issues defensively and conceded in every of their final seven aggressive video games.
“We conceded the purpose that we created, in order that was nothing to do with the defence,” insisted Conte, pinning the blame on Gilmour for that error.
“We’ve at all times started working as a crew, sadly as we speak there was that ricochet that unintentionally got here off Gilmour – who had a terrific sport total – and it arrange Simeone.
“Our soccer sees us always within the opposition half, so it’s pure there will probably be a number of counter-attacks, and we have to get used to that.
“I don’t bear in mind seeing defensive issues, we’ve received to start out accepting there will probably be duels and we should do higher.”
