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Roberto Mancini: 'Gonzalo Higuain is like Lionel Messi'

Inter Milan boss Roberto Mancini admits that Napoli's Gonzalo Higuain was the difference during his team's 2-1 defeat in Naples on Monday.

By Matt Law, Football Editor

Published: December 2 2015 | 14:38

Last updated: December 2 2015 | 14:46

Inter Milan boss Roberto Mancini has paid tribute to Napoli forward Gonzalo Higuain following Monday's Serie A meeting between the two teams.

Inter entered the match atop the table, but a 2-1 defeat allowed Napoli to claim first position in the division after 14 matches.

Higuain scored both goals for Napoli in Naples, and Mancini has admitted that the Argentine forward 'gives Napoli something other teams do not have'.

"Higuain in Italy is like [Lionel] Messi to the rest of the world. He's giving something to Napoli that the other teams don't have," Mancini told Corriere dello Sport.

Higuain, 27, joined Napoli from Real Madrid in the summer of 2013 and has scored 67 times in 119 appearances for his Italian club.

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Premier League Table

	Team	P	W	D	L	F	A	GD	PTS
1	Napoli	13	9	2	2	20	9	11	29
2	Atalanta BC Atalanta	13	9	1	3	34	16	18	28
3	Inter Milan	13	8	4	1	31	14	17	28
4	Fiorentina	13	8	4	1	27	10	17	28
5	Lazio	13	9	1	3	28	14	14	28
6	Juventus	13	6	7	0	21	7	14	25
7	AC Milan	12	5	4	3	20	14	6	19
8	Bologna	12	4	6	2	15	16	-1	18
9	Udinese	12	5	1	6	15	18	-3	16
10	Empoli	12	3	6	3	9	10	-1	15
11	Torino	13	4	3	6	16	19	-3	15
12	Roma	13	3	4	6	14	18	-4	13
13	Parma	13	2	6	5	17	21	-4	12
14	Hellas Verona Hellas Verona	13	4	0	9	17	32	-15	12
15	Cagliari Cagliari	13	2	5	6	14	24	-10	11
16	Genoa	13	2	5	6	11	24	-13	11
17	Como	13	2	4	7	13	25	-12	10
18	Monza	13	1	6	6	11	16	-5	9
19	Lecce	12	2	3	7	5	21	-16	9
20	Venezia Venezia	12	2	2	8	11	21	-10	8