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Last night was not a good night for Mike Maignan, as he again had to pick the ball out of his net twice in a defeat to Napoli.
As pointed out in our player ratings, Maignan was – along with Koni De Winter – the one who struggled most in the loss to Antonio Conte’s side. For the first goal he tipped a Rasmus Hojlund cross into the path of David Neres, and for the second goal he let the Dane score from a very tight angle.
Not only that, but – as La Gazzetta dello Sport also point out – he was probably lucky to stay on the field. In the eighth minute of the second half, Matteo Politano made a move to stop the Frenchman distributing the ball quickly.
In retaliation, Maignan swung his arm around with force and clocked him on the side of the head, but the VAR interpreted it as an attempt to free himself and so no further punishment was forthcoming.
Il VAR nasce in primis per questi colpi violenti. Una follia il mancato rosso. pic.twitter.com/3d9btLGdw4
— Antonio Gaito (@antonio_gaito) December 18, 2025
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