STADIO GRANDE TORINO (Turin) – Napoli were unable to get back-to-back wins in Serie A, being held to a draw by a solid Torino side at the Grande Torino.
Napoli climb to fourth on 13 points, whilst Walter Mazzarri’s men collect just their fourth point in the past five games, struggling to find consistency.
Carlo Ancelotti’s men beat Brescia a week ago, but have since put together two disappointing points, against Genk in the Champions League on Wednesday night and against Torino. They lacked ideas and cold blood in the final third on both occasions.
Having lost the previous four home encounters against Napoli, the Granata can be satisfied with the final outcome of this game.
The Partenopei were the better side in the opening minutes, but failed to the most of several mistakes in Torino’s passing. Salvatore Sirigu had to make a couple of saves in the first half, but Napoli should have done better in the final third. The best opportunity of the first 45 minutes fell the hosts’ way though, with Cristian Ansaldi’s volley being stopped by Alex Meret.
Toro started off better in the second half, with Andrea Belotti seeing a goal chalked off for offside. Carlo Ancelotti brought on Jose Callejon and Fernando Llorente for Lorenzo Insigne and Hirving Lozano and Napoli immediately created their best chance, with the Spanish striker heading it over the bar. The Spaniard was the main threat for Torino on another couple of occasions, but he also was unable to break the deadlock.
Source: forzaitalianfootball.com