Inter Milan coach Walter Mazzarri defended their performance after yesterday's 2-2 draw with Hellas Verona.
Mauro Icardi struck both of Inter's goals.
"We had a great first half, though we were punished at the first mistake on the counter. It could've been a heavy blow, but we reacted, turned the game around and were unlucky not to go 3-1 up," he told Sky Sport Italia.
"I thought we dominated the game for about 70-80 minutes, though of course it was normal to struggle when going down to 10 men. The fitness levels also fell away as we are in an injury emergency situation.
"We also still have a few too many naive moments and this year we pay for all of them, unfortunately.
"Verona were defending with four in the box, then their wingers would chase our wingers, so it's hard to break down such a defensive side.
"We still managed to go round them and put dozens of crosses into the box. You need patience in those situations and I thought Inter played a great first half."
