Napoli boss Rafa Benitez says he can handle the criticism coming his way.

Azzurri president Aurelio de Laurentiis wants a blanket ban on interviews with Sky Italia.

Benitez said: "I'm a professional, and I'll do an interview if I have to do it, there's no problem. I always say that we can go further if we're united, shoulder-to-shoulder.

"Today I read about a defensive change that I made [against Inter, bringing Giandomenico Mesto on for Jose Callejon], but Milan lost a goal after subbing [Gianpaolo] Pazzini for [Salvatore] Bocchetti and no-one said anything.

"Then they talk about a physical decline, I have the physical data, and statistically Napoli did more than Inter.

"Although we had played Lazio, Inter only spent 19 per cent of the game in our third, [Mariano] Andujar didn't have to do anything.

"I want to drive this team forward, one that is [joint] third in the League, in the Europa League and in the Coppa Italia semi-final."