McTominay: ‘Nothing to smile about, of course I’m angry’ as Napoli fall apart

Napoli star Scott McTominay is ‘angry’ after a 4-1 away defeat to Porto in the Champions League: ‘There’s nothing to smile about, but we’ve had a lot of injuries.’

Napoli suffered their seventh defeat in 14 games across all competitions this season, falling 4-1 to Porto in a Champions League match on Wednesday.

Tension is skyrocketing at the Stadio Maradona, as shown by the ugly confrontation between Lorenzo Lucca and Kevin De Bruyne during the match.

McTominay scored Napoli’s only goal against Porto in the first half, only to see the Partenopei concede three in the second half.

"Of course I’m angry. We lost 4-1 in the Champions League; there’s nothing to smile about," McTominay told CBS Sports.

"For us, it’s go on and try to figure out how to fix it. We’ve had a lot of injuries, a lot of important players you can’t change; attacking players as well. Let’s not beat around the bush; we’ve got a lot of injuries, and that makes a big difference whenever you come into play every three days.

"So, things like these can make a huge difference for the team when the same players are playing over and over again. People need to understand that, but we also need to do better. First and foremost, we need to do better, injuries in football are part of it, but we have too many."

Napoli are not only getting poor results on the field, but the dressing room atmosphere is also turning toxic. Beyond the Lucca-De Bruyne confrontation, Matteo Politano blamed foreign players in a post-match interview last night, saying only Italian players show up to explain defeats to the media at full-time.

"It would be nice if a few other teammates came here to give an explanation and not just us Italians, but never mind," the Italian said.