Overview

• Milan beat Napoli 2-1 at San Siro with early goals from Alexis Saelemaekers in the 3rd minute and Christian Pulisic in the 31st.
• Kevin De Bruyne pulled one back on 60 minutes from the spot after Pervis Estupinan fouled Giovanni Di Lorenzo and received a straight red card.
• Conte said he hopes De Bruyne’s displeasure at being taken off was only about the result, adding that otherwise “he found the wrong person.”
• The coach defended substituting De Bruyne and Scott McTominay to bring on fresher one‑on‑one players and also swapped Rasmus Hojlund for Lorenzo Lucca.
• The defeat ends Napoli’s four-game winning run and leaves them level with Milan and Roma, with Conte noting three first-choice defenders were out as the team prepares for Sporting on October 1.