Napoli head coach Antonio Conte underlined the huge spending at Stamford Bridge after Chelsea beat his side 3-2 to dump them out of the Champions League on Wednesday night.<\/p>\n
Antonio Vergara cancelled out Enzo Fernandez\u2019s early penalty, which opened the scoring for Chelsea<\/a> in Naples, with a wonderful dribble and finish in the Blues penalty area.<\/p>\n Rasmus Hojlund put Napoli back ahead before the half-time interval but two second-half goals from Joao Pedro gave Chelsea all three points and a sixth-placed finish in the Champions League table.<\/p>\n Napoli, who needed a win to secure a play-off spot, crashed out of the competition and Conte insisted that it is hard to compete with clubs like Chelsea, who have spent lots of money in recent years.<\/p>\n Conte said after the match: \u201cFor sure it is disappointing. Not for tonight because\u00a0I think we\u00a0played an amazing game against Chelsea.<\/p>\n \u201cDon\u2019t\u00a0forget we played with only 13 players \u2013 the rest were injured. Despite this\u00a0I think we\u00a0deserved much more to lose the game.<\/p>\n READ:\u00a0Cole Palmer returns just in time to assist wonderful Joao Pedro, Rosenior and Chelsea<\/a><\/p>\n \u201cThis is the positive that we continued to work. On the other side there is disappointment.<\/p>\n \u201cI\u2019m\u00a0proud,\u00a0it\u2019s\u00a0not easy to play Chelsea in this way or to put them in difficulty in this way. Today we deserved much more than to lose the game.\u201d<\/p>\n Conte added: \u201cIf you want to have success in this competition, there needs to be a lot of money invested and have not just one team [of players] but two,\u00a0maybe two-and-a-half. Like Chelsea.<\/p>\n \u201cIf you see tonight the difference between us and them\u00a0it\u2019s\u00a0too much, the difference is too much.<\/p>\n \u201cWe\u00a0have to\u00a0do our best and we did but you know in the Champions League there is often the same winners.\u201d<\/p>\n Chelsea recently appointed Liam Rosenior after sacking Enzo Maresca and the Englishman is having a good start as manager of the west London club.<\/p>\n MORE CHELSEA COVERAGE ON F365\u2026 Rosenior said after Chelsea secured top-eight qualification: \u201cI thought the character of the players, their resilience in the second half and their reaction to going behind was so positive.<\/p>\n \u201cI wanted to go aggressive in the first half \u2013 we had win back moments in their half, but the gaps were too big, so we corrected it at half-time.<\/p>\n \u201cIt was a magnificent performance from Joao [Pedro]. He has given me that since I have come to the club.<\/p>\n \u201cFor the lads to come from behind and show their character makes me very happy head coach. I\u2019m learning all the time about my team, about what we\u2019re capable of.\u201d<\/p>\n Player of the match for Chelsea, Pedro, said: \u201cThe coach said [at half-time] to try to be calm, and to try put our game on the pitch.<\/p>\n \u201cThe second half of the game was more open. Cole [Palmer] is a brilliant player when he is on the pitch \u2013 he is a special player.<\/p>\n \u201cIt is very positive for us because people have a lot of doubt about us. I think today we showed our power. 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