Ghana midfielder Thomas Partey said Atletico Madrid must improve as a team after their disappointing defeat to Eibar in La Liga on Saturday.
The Rojiblancos' stop start season as they suffered their third defeat in the Spanish top flight to the struggling Eibar.
Despite enjoying the lion's share of possession, the capital based club failed to make it count after Esteban Burgos and Edu Espisito scored to secure all three points for Eibar.
"We’ve got to keep working hard and improving as a team. The team has been competing well and we tried everything we could tonight,” said the Ghanaian midfielder to the media after the game.
Atletico Madrid lie third on the table and are eight points behind joint leaders Barcelona and Real Madrid.
Manager Diego Simeone adds their opponents on Saturday have always given them a tough game.
“Ipurua has always been tough, even when we won here the games were tight. In the second half we played well. We played in the opposition’s half and chances to score, but were unable to convert,”