Sinisa Mihajlovic: 'Sampdoria deserved to beat Napoli'

Sampdoria manager Sinisa Mihajlovic has said that his side are hurting following their 1-1 draw with Napoli this evening.

The Blucerchiati had looked set to pick up the three points, but a stoppage-time goal from Duvan Zapata earned their opponents a share of the spoils.

"Considering we dominated the match, I think drawing like this hurts everyone," the coach told Sky Sport Italia. "We deserved the victory for our performance, but this is football and against a big club you get punished at the first distraction.

"Having played against Napoli, who in recent years have always been in the top two or three teams in Italy and had more shots on target than anyone else this season, we allowed them hardly any chances. I think we can only be proud of that.

"Napoli threw everything they had at us, four strikers and the goal was probably our first mistake as [Djamel] Mesbah didn't follow Zapata. I cannot reproach my lads for anything, as they gave their all. They gave their all."

Sampdoria are currently fifth in the Serie A table.