UCL | Villarreal 3-1 Napoli: Allegri’s men collapse in Champions League

19659001 VILLARREAL, SPAIN-OCTOBER 13: Santiago Mourino of Villarreal CF ratings his group’s 2nd objective past goalkeeper Vanja Milinkovic-Savic of SSC Napoli throughout the UEFA Champions League 2026/27 League Phase MD2 match in between Villarreal CF and SSC Napoli at Estadio de la Ceramica on October 13, 2026 in Villarreal, Spain. (Photo by David Ramos/Getty Images) Napoli fumbled a lead with Amir Rrahmani and broke down for a 3-1 Champions League defeat to Villarreal, consisting of a Matteo Politano howler of a back-pass. The Partenopei lost their opening Champions League component 1-0 in the house to Arsenal, however were increased by Saturday’s 3-0 Serie A win over Frosinone. Scott McTominay had his very first start 5 weeks on from heart surgical treatment to fix a moderate benign arrhythmia, however Frank Anguissa, Mathias Olivera, Antonio Vergara, Alisson Santos, Costantino Favasuli and Alessandro Buongiorno ran out action. Giovane was contributed to the UEFA list and tossed directly into the beginning XI. 19659005 Villarreal lost 3-2 at Borussia Dortmund in Europe and sat 11 19459239 th in LaLiga entering into this video game, missing out on hurt Nicolas Pepe and previous Inter midfielder Tajon Buchanan. Goalkeeper Peter Gulacsi was anticipated to begin, however withdrew from the team after it was exposed his home was targeted in a heist late last night with his household present. 19659006 See how the video game unfolded on the Liveblog. Previous Juventus protector Renato Veiga at complete stretch avoided the Giovane roll throughout reaching Rasmus Hojlund, however the opener came right after. 19659008 Kevin De Bruyne’s brief corner was drifted to the back post by Billy Gilmour, where the Amir Rrahmani header was sensationally palmed onto the underside of the crossbar, however the Napoli protector was all set to kip down the rebound. 19459236