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Sarri delighted with Napoli character

Maurizio Sarri was happy with how his Napoli side responded to going a goal down against Chievo during their 3-1 win on Saturday.

Napoli coach Maurizio Sarri was delighted with the way his side responded to Chievo's early go-ahead goal during its 3-1 Serie A win.

Sarri's Napoli fell a goal behind to Chievo after Nicola Rigoni scored in the second minute, but were level four minutes later through Gonzalo Higuain, before Vlad Chiriches and Jose Callejon took the game away for Napoli on Saturday.

Speaking afterwards, Sarri said via Sky Sports Italia: "To take a goal after two minutes at a time like this could be hard.