Philip Billing Saves Napoli In Draw With Serie A Title Rivals Inter Milan

Philip Billing kept Napoli right on Inter Milan's tail at the top of Serie A after scoring a late equaliser in Saturday's exciting 1-1 draw in Naples. Denmark midfielder Billing tapped home his first Napoli goal three minutes from the end at the Stadio Diego Armando Maradona, and shortly after replacing Billy Gilmour, to keep second-placed Napoli one point behind Inter. The 32-year-old, on loan from Bournemouth, scored after a driving run from Stanislav Lobotka, pouncing on the rebound when his first effort was saved by Inter goalkeeper Josep Martinez.

Up to that point, it had looked like Federico Dimarco's stunning free-kick in the 22nd minute would be enough for Inter to strike a huge blow in their bid to retain the Scudetto.

"There's a bit of disappointment because we played well against a good team. It's pointless trying to hide it, Inter are a very, very good team and the one to beat," said Napoli coach Antonio Conte.

"Playing the way we did against should help us understand that if we want to... we can have a say.

"Anyone who said at the start of the season that we'd be a point off the top with 11 matches remaining would have been sectioned."

Simone Inzaghi's Inter were on the back foot for much of the match and needed some desperate defending as they tried to escape Naples with all three points.

Inzaghi frustration

But Inzaghi was again frustrated by his team failing to win a big match, something that his players have struggled to do this season after dominating the division from start to finish last term.

"You need to be perfect in the big matches and we weren't perfect. We were too slow to react on their goal," said Inzaghi.

Inzaghi was hampered by both Dimarco and Hakan Calhanoglu having to leave the field