Napoli defender Kalidou Koulibaly admits they bottled their defeat to Champions League opponents Liverpool.

Napoli are out of the competition after defeat at Anfield last night.

In an interview with Sky Italia, Koulibaly said: “It was an important game, we knew they had to win.

“We could avoid that goal and we should have done more to score one. It went differently, now we will do our best in the Europa League".

“Maybe, unconsciously, we feared Liverpool because we know they are very strong and that it's not easy to play against them.

“We have a strong team that can beat everyone, and we came close to scoring. A draw was enough, but we lost. It's just a negative night, we'll have other positive nights for sure."