Napoli manager Rafael Benitez has said that his side are "missing some balance" ahead of their meeting with AC Milan this weekend.

The Partenopei will be looking to end a run of three games in the league without a win on Saturday evening and Benitez admits that while they are strong in attack, they must improve defensively.

"It's not easy at the moment, but we are on the right track," he told reporters. "I don't like losing any games, but if we are going to lose any we must at least do so trying to play good football.

"We're still missing some balance but we need to keep working with the same ideas. We must continue attacking, that's our best quality, but also defend better.

"The league is the key to developing, we have a lot of games left and we can do it. We need to win on Saturday, then we will try to beat Roma and it will be the same for the games to come after that. Now we have a more balanced squad and we can make a high quality selection for every game."

Napoli are third in the Serie A table and sit 15 points behind league leaders Juventus.