Carlo Ancelotti loving ‘outsider’ role

Carlo Ancelotti is a happy man. Partly because it’s in his nature to be happy — but also because his Napoli side go into tonight’s match against Paris St-Germain with a definite psychological edge, having taken four points from their two games against group favourites Liverpool and PSG, writes David Shonfield

On Friday their match against Empoli turned into a virtual training session, Napoli running out 5-1 winners after the visitors had pulled them back to 2-1 early in the second half. A hat-trick from Belgian striker Dries Mertens confirmed his recent fine form, and Ancelotti was able to rest half his first-choice line-up.