Pioli insists Serie A leaders Napoli are not 'unbeatable'

Stefano Pioli insisted that "nobody is perfect or unbeatable" as AC Milan prepare to knock Napoli down in the Champions League quarter-finals.

Milan and Napoli will meet for the first time in European competition on April 12, in the first leg at San Siro, with Luciano Spalletti's team flying high in Serie A.

Partenopei are 19 points clear at the top of the Italian top flight and are suggested by many as potential contenders for the European title.

But Milan have lost just one of their nine all-Italian fixtures in Europe (4 wins and 4 draws) and Pioli sees no reason why the Rossoneri can't dream of overtaking Spalletti's in-form club.

The Milan coach said: "Honestly, I prefer not to face an Italian club. In the Champions League it's better to face a foreign club."