Napoli coach Walter Mazzarri has rubbished reports he has attempted to resign.

Il Corriere del Mezzogiorno suggested that it was only the intervention of directors Marco Fassone and Riccardo Bigon that prevented the Coach parting company with the club immediately after the game.

Asked for comment on this though, Mazzarri was again defiant in his words.

"This is absurd, unfounded talk. It is trying to destabilize us, especially after a negative result. There is no truth to it."