Goran Pandev remains confident Napoli can get back into the title race.
Napoli have won just two of their past five games.
"We are disappointed," Pandev told the Corriere del Mezzogiorno. "But the championship is still long.
"It will be hard because Juventus and Roma are not taking a false step, but we are obliged to give it our best until the end."
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