A season which started with 14 straight league wins is ending in a calamitous manner for Paris Saint-Germain.
While the French league title has already been secured, a string of glaring individual errors, poor defending at set pieces and a lack of determination have seen PSG win just once in six games and concede 16 goals, including 11 in three straight away defeats.
"We're making individual mistakes, and big ones," coach Thomas Tuchel said. "We're used to being the best team."
"We'll take slaps from all sides, from the fans, from the media. We'll just prove them right."
"We're showing our bad side on the field. We need to be more mature." He appeared to question the work ethic of some of his teammates when he added: "We have to change our mentality and play like a team, when we have the ball and when we don't."
"People travel a long way to watch us play, we have a responsibility. Football isn't just about winning, winning, winning ... Some days when we are more tired it's difficult, we're not playing well technically. But we can do a lot better."
"Despite our friendship, I don't approve of what he did," said Alves, who also was teammates with Neymar at Barcelona. "At times he loses his self-control."
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