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&lt;p style=&#34;box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 10px; font-family: ProximaNova-Regular; font-size: 15px; text-align: justify;&#34;&gt; &lt;/p&gt;    &lt;p style=&#34;text-align: justify;&#34;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Carlo Ancelotti&lt;/strong&gt; was a satisfied man following the late victory against Liverpool in the Champions League.&lt;/p&gt;    &lt;p style=&#34;text-align: justify;&#34;&gt;&#34;I was expecting exactly this type of performance from us. We prepared for a certain kind of game tactically and the team did superbly. We wanted to control play and that’s what we did. The lads kept their focus high right until the end. We didn’t let them hit us with their quick counters and we were balanced throughout. We managed to implement everything we had in mind for this match and I’m very satisfied about this&#34;.&lt;/p&gt;    &lt;p style=&#34;text-align: justify;&#34;&gt;The head coach made a few changes to his backline: &#34;I wanted to have three central defenders in terms of characteristics but in any case, Maksimovic played at right back. It was a 4-4-2 when in defence because I wanted an extra defender to stop their forwards putting pressure on us. We managed possession very well coming out of defence and the two central midfielders made a lot of forward runs as well as recycling the ball. We did well to put into practice all the ideas we had worked on in training. This win was richly deserved&#34;.&lt;/p&gt;    &lt;p style=&#34;text-align: justify;&#34;&gt;Napoli could have broken the deadlock earlier: &#34;Yes, but it’s better this way, the goal came at the right moment. If Mertens had scored before, maybe we’d have been put under more pressure at the end. &lt;/p&gt;    &lt;p style=&#34;text-align: justify;&#34;&gt;About the awareness of his team Ancelotti think his team need to worry less and be less cautious about expressing themselves. &#34;Even now we’re lacking a bit of self-belief, this is a mental quality that we need to improve. This win is very important for the group stage and we know we can compete against anyone. I see so much quality in this squad&#34;.&lt;/p&gt;    &lt;p style=&#34;text-align: justify;&#34;&gt;Ancelotti concluded: &#34;We need faith and confidence in our ability. We can succeed if we continue with the mentality we showed tonight.&#34;&lt;/p&gt;    &lt;p style=&#34;text-align: justify;&#34;&gt;(Photo Getty Images)&lt;/p&gt;    &lt;p style=&#34;text-align: justify;&#34;&gt;&lt;a href=&#34;http://www.sscnapoli.it&#34;&gt;www.sscnapoli.it&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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Carlo Ancelotti was a satisfied man following the late victory against Liverpool in the Champions League.

"I was expecting exactly this type of performance from us. We prepared for a certain kind of game tactically and the team did superbly. We wanted to control play and that’s what we did. The lads kept their focus high right until the end. We didn’t let them hit us with their quick counters and we were balanced throughout. We managed to implement everything we had in mind for this match and I’m very satisfied about this".

The head coach made a few changes to his backline: "I wanted to have three central defenders in terms of characteristics but in any case, Maksimovic played at right back. It was a 4-4-2 when in defence because I wanted an extra defender to stop their forwards putting pressure on us. We managed possession very well coming out of defence and the two central midfielders made a lot of forward runs as well as recycling the ball. We did well to put into practice all the ideas we had worked on in training. This win was richly deserved".

Napoli could have broken the deadlock earlier: "Yes, but it’s better this way, the goal came at the right moment. If Mertens had scored before, maybe we’d have been put under more pressure at the end. 

About the awareness of his team Ancelotti think his team need to worry less and be less cautious about expressing themselves. "Even now we’re lacking a bit of self-belief, this is a mental quality that we need to improve. This win is very important for the group stage and we know we can compete against anyone. I see so much quality in this squad".

Ancelotti concluded: "We need faith and confidence in our ability. We can succeed if we continue with the mentality we showed tonight."

(Photo Getty Images)

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