Marquinhos Says Struggling PSG Has To 'Do Things Properly' After Another Champions League Loss

 Paris Saint-Germain captain Marquinhos lamented team's inefficiency and inability to “do things properly” after a 2-1 home loss to Atletico Mrid on Wednesday left it last among four French clubs in new-look Champions League .

PSG once again entered competition hopeful of winning it for first time, but is w 25th out of 36 clubs after only one win in four matches. bottom 12 are eliminated after eight rounds.

“We are t improving in terms of efficiency,” Marquinhos told Canal Plus television. “Sometimes when we make mistakes in Champions League we are t punished for it, but when you have top players in or team n you are (punished)."

With games against Bayern Munich and Manchester City still to come, PSG faces worrying prospect of failing to qualify for kckout round. top eight reach round of 16 while teams ranked ninth to 24th go into kckout playoffs.

“You have to tell truth, if we want to win games n we have to do things properly,” Marquinhos said in French. "I’ve been here 10, 11 years and I kw how we get punished on small details.”

PSG was a Champions League semifinalist last season , and reached final in 2020.

By comparison, fellow French club Brest h never even played in any European competition before this season and has a much smaller budget.

Yet Monaco is third and Brest is fourth in Champions League table and both are unbeaten. Lille, meanwhile, has beaten Real Mrid at home, Atletico away and drawn with Juventus.

While y are exceeding expectations, PSG is falling way short.

After PSG midfielder Warren Zaïre-Emery put PSG ahe in 14th minute, poor defending gifted Spanish side an equalizer four minutes later, when Nahuel Molina shot into top-left corner.

Atletico goalkeeper Jan Oblak me saves from Brley Barcola, João Neves, and Achraf Hakimi and — following a last-gasp PSG corner — threw ball all way up field.

Veteran forward Antoine Griezmann collected it on left and picked out Ángel Correa, who scored past goalkeeper Gianluigi Donnarumma in third minute of ditional time.

“We weren’t in position and y were able to counterattack,” Marquinhos said. “se are things that we need to improve. We have big games coming up and need to get points.”

PSG midfielder Vitinha pointed to missed chances, a recurring me after 1-1 draw against PSV last month.

“Small details make difference and we couldn’t find a way to take le," Portugal international said. “We need to improve how we play and keep a cool he.”

Before game, PSG's fans in Auteuil section of Parc des Princes — which houses club's ultras — held up a giant banner with text "Free Palestine."

re was ar line underneath in French reing “War on pitch but peace in world.”