Pep Guardiola and five of his Manchester City charges were slapped with humiliating ratings by French newspaper L'Equipe after their capitulation to PSG.
City were 2-0 up after 56 minutes at the Parc des Princes before the French champions somehow scored four goals in a rain-lashed second half that sent them spiraling.
PSG dominated and punished City for their fragility and Guardiola's men risk being eliminated from the Champions League heading into the final round.
They must beat Club Brugge next week to sneak into the knockout play-offs, and would then be paired with a seeded opponent in a two-legged tie to try to reach the round of 16.
Teams like Brest and Celtic have had better campaigns than City and their problems were only compounded by the brutal ratings handed out by The team.
Guardiola, Kevin De Bruyne, Ruben Dias, Mateo Kovacic, Manuel Akanji and Ederson all scored 4/10 and the team average was just 4.6.
Pep Guardiola and five Manchester City stars received a 4/10 rating from L'Equipe after the 4-2 defeat against PSG
Erling Haaland 'struggled to impose himself physically' although he managed to score
Phil Foden was described as a 'disappearance' act and received a 5/10 for his performance.
L'Equipe blamed Guardiola for the team's decline, writing: “In accordance with his tactical decisions over the last month, the Spaniard clearly agreed to cede possession to PSG (only 36 percent), which his team, physically worn out in At the end of the game, he ended up paying.
“Although Jack Grealish's entry was successful, the same cannot be said for Matheus Nunes' starting position at right back.”
In fact, City were on the defensive for much of the match and allowed a total of 26 shots to their hosts, taking only nine themselves.
Bernardo Silva was the only Cityzens star to score up to a six. Erling Haaland, Nunes, Josko Gvardiol and Phil Foden received 5/10.
L'Equipe claimed Haaland “struggled to assert himself physically” while Foden “disappeared in the second half”.
PSG seemed to have taken the lead before the break, but Achraf Hakimi's shot was disallowed for offside by Nuno Mendes' knee.
Substitute Jack Grealish and Haaland gave City a fortuitous lead early in the second half with close-range goals arising from some comical mishaps in the PSG defence.
But City's comfort did not last long and, after the hour mark, PSG were level again after goals from Ousmane Dembélé and Bradley Barcola.
Kevin De Bruyne's performance was described as “unusual” and earned him a rating of 4/10.
The result leaves City needing a win in their final match to reach the knockout play-offs.
PSG scored four goals in a second-half charge as Bradley Barcola lit up the Parisian night
PSG took a 3-2 lead in the 78th minute thanks to Joao Neves and Gonçalo Ramos added salt to the wound with a goal in added time.
“We suffered and they were better, more intense to win the duels,” said Guardiola. 'On the big stages, the big teams, we fight. We have to accept it.
'We have one last chance against Bruges. If we don't do it it's because we don't deserve it.
“We have to defend with the ball or it will be impossible to play well,” he added. 'Keep the ball, the extra pass. The connection with Bernardo (Silva) and (Mateo) Kovacic was not possible or was not good and we could not complete the procedure. “I tried different things but we couldn't keep the ball.”
The City manager has blamed home draws with Feyenoord and Inter for their precarious position in the competition and this was echoed by the scorer of the first goal, Grealish.
“Normally we are very good at these moments,” Grealish said. 'It's happened too many times this season; when we have gone one goal, two goals up, even three against Feyenoord, and we have not been able to control the game and see it finish.
“It's strange because in any other season we have been very good at the moment, managing the game. I don't know if it's a question of confidence because we know that for most of this season, especially before Christmas, we were not really at the levels that we know we can achieve.
'But it is up to us to try to change that in the future. We have so many players on the field when we are two goals up who are very good with the ball and retaining it. But lately we haven't and that's up to us.”