L'Equipe give Marcus Rashford brutal rating as Aston Villa stars slated after PSG loss

Marcus Rashford was among the Aston Villa stars to receive a brutal rating from the French press following his side's defeat to Paris Saint-Germain. The loanee was .

had given Villa the lead after 35 minutes but strikes from Desire Doue, Khvicha Kvaratskhelia and Nuno Mendes ensured Luis Enrique's side. Unai Emery's side have a lot of work to do in the return fixture.

L'Equipe is renowned for its savage player ratings and Villa were not spared an evisceration of sorts in the quarter-final. The outlet was unimpressed with the display from their opposition.

, along with John McGinn and Ezri Konsa. Celebrating the Parisian side's success, L'Equipe handed out some even harsher scores.

Jacob Ramsey and Matty Cash earned ratings of just 3/10, with the latter brutally assessed. L'Equipe said: "The right-back had clearly been targeted as the weak point in Villa's defense. And rightly so. Struggling from kickoff until his exit, he was unable to win a duel and showed signs of nervousness with the ball."

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Cash was substituted at half-time but his replacement fared no better, Axel Disasi, on loan from , was also awarded 3/10. Youri Tielemans, Boubacar Kamara, Pau Torres and Emiliano Martinez all earned 5/10 ratings but goalscorer Rogers and left-back Lucas Digne managed to record 6/10 scores.

, who previously coached , was not spared a verdict by the French paper. The Spaniard was rated a 3/10. "His team refused to play and was understandably punished," the report read. "Furthermore, the Spanish coach failed to find any solutions to secure his team's right wing."

Emery meanwhile, insists his side still have a chance of progressing with the late third goal not changing their task too greatly. "More or less, the expectation I had before the match in 90 minutes happened," he said.

"The result - 2-1 or 3-1 - is not too different because we have the chance at home next week still being huge challenge for us, but we can feel strong at home with our supporters in Villa Park.

“The match we played today, we needed to adapt to them being strong defensively, playing a very serious match defensively, disciplined, lower than normal. Even when we were losing 2-1 we had three approaches in their box - two shots from Morgan Rogers and one from Marco Asensio.

"We were waiting on our momentum in that moment to be close to a result. The last goal we conceded we have to accept it and in our mind it’s not changing a lot because we have to win at home now and we have to score more than one goal."

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