An annoyed Walter Mazzarri was interviewed by Sky after the disappointing result at hime against Atalanta.

“What I told the players? That it was enough to mark and we wouldn’t have lost. But aside from that I told them that we could have taken one point, you can’t think about that we had 4 great chances to score in 8 minutes and didn’t manage to score. Then everything can happen in football, this you know. They played well, they had nothing to lose and created a few chances. But you cannot miss all these chances: after the break we tried everything, we played really well but between all the bad luck and the misses…. I look at the task as a whole, I’m not blaiming anything on anyone in case someone has forgotten anything. The goals speak for themselves.”

In the beginning of the second half we did everything, we overflowed them. There you have to score two goals, then the opponents lose hope and you can maybe score more goals. You have to score, especially when you’re on the verge of crushing an opponent like Atalanta in their penalty area. During the last minutes I took risks, after I brought Campagnaro off a midfielder should have covered his space but I won’t say the name of the person who made the mistake.”

“Hernanes position in the second half? I wanted to win in all ways. I didn’t change the formation I only changed the characteristic traits that Cambiasso offers. The only problem is that when I play Hernanes lower in the pitch, I miss him higher up the pitch, even if I have to say that, we crushed Atalanta, as even Hernanes got a shot on goal after I changed his position. I wanted to bring on a fresh and rested player like Alvarez, who is also very good at going past his man.”

“Icardi’s celebration? During our time there were different codes, the clubs thought differently. Today we have to live with these changes. There are those who hear the sound of the music, times have changed. They are professionals but they are young. If I were to react to everything that I don’t like, then I’d go mad. I don’t even like these kinds of celebrations after a win. Maybe we’ll tell the lad this, but it won’t change things much…as a finisher you can’t say anything because he has come back after a long period of inactivity and he feels a little bit of pain. It’s normal that he does something as a young boy, but it’s a fantastic player.”