Napoli coach Rino Gattuso insists defeat to Genoa was self-inflicted.

The damage was done in the first half with a Goran Pandev brace and Matteo Politano's consolation came too late.

“There's not much to say tonight. I've played football, I know you can make mistakes, but we don't have time to work on playing out from the back in training, as we play every three days," said Gattuso.

“We basically created the two goals against ourselves. We're doing this a lot at the moment and that hurts, because our losses are basically photocopies of each other.

“It's an issue of posture, when moving the ball around at the back, you need to be in the right position to accept the pass or you get caught out. We're in trouble, because these are basic errors.

“We have to work on it. The excuse is that we're not training, we are only recovering between games, but we're not the only ones in this situation.

“There were shots from distance, we broke into the box four or five times, but we shot ourselves in the foot. It's frustrating, as we create so much and don't convert, then we give the ball away and concede. We need to stay calm."