The Cypriots, with David Luiz at the back, stunned Villarreal 1-0, leaving the Yellow Submarine's coach furious.
Reflecting on their performance, Marcelino snapped: “We barely did anything we had planned. And then we didn't show ambition, intensity, or desire.
"We showed complacency, we were flat, predictable, and slow, and if you don't score, you're vulnerable to conceding. I had a lot of respect for this match, and after the 9th minute, when we missed two chances, I thought, 'Today is going to be very difficult.' Then, after halftime, they scored on a low cross from one of our own attacks.
“We have four games left. We can’t think about that now, after what we’ve shown here today. We have to acknowledge that today we weren’t humble, we didn’t respect our opponent. We deceived ourselves. And we have to accept that, and I, as the person ultimately responsible, have to accept that with a game like this, it was normal to lose against an opponent that was far inferior to us.”