Antonio Conte was blamed for Napoli's surprise 2-1 defeat against Como, so that they have left Inter in the Serie A-title race.
The first defeat of Napoli in 11 league matches has excelds their hope on Sunday to reclaim the top position.
They are second with 56 points, one point behind reigning champions Inter.
While Napoli parity recovered after Amir Rrahmani gave the lead in the middle of the back in the seventh minute with their own goal, after the break they looked far from their best after the break when winger Assane Diao yielded a winner of the 77th minute For the Cesc Fabregas team.
“It is inevitable that the second half did not satisfy me and that no one was satisfied,” said Conte.
“I am sorry that we have lost it with hunger and filth. Sorry, but we should all try to understand why.
“Congratulations on what these guys [Como] If we do it, we have been busy with our own merits, now we have to understand if we are good at wearing it.
“We have to take steps and lick our wounds, but we are sorry because you can lose tactically, but not in terms of hunger and filth. I am responsible.
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“I am not looking for apologies. Today we did Dr. Jekyll and Mr Hyde and it was not the first time. As soon as we mentally slow down and something can happen in terms of filth.
“I am sorry, but the boys had nothing to do with it, it was that I did not notice a delay in focus and filth. That said the earth that we are where we are.
“We have to maintain what we have done. We have to do our best, it burns us because the defeat cannot be tolerated.”
Sunday's victory only marked Como's second victory over Napoli in the Serie A, and their first since November 1952.
Next for Napoli is a huge collision with Inter – a fixture that can prove to be good when arranging the title race.
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