I might be wrong, but was last night the first time Unai has ever complained about a decision made in a match? I like that he said something, as it was clearly a bottle-job, but interesting that it was THIS decision that made him vocal, when he's been so calm about decisions going the wrong way for us previously?
Is this a sign of pressure on him personally, or is this simply him knowing how European competitions/organisations work, and he thinks complaining about such a high-profile error might give us a fraction more benefit of the doubt if something contentious happens in the second leg?
Either way, I thought it was an interesting deviation from the norm for him!
My interpretation of his comments was that having couched it in terms of player safety, he was speaking out to protect his players. That in turn suggests there are some very pissed off fellas in our dressing room (as Ollie demonstrated by giving out a few sneaky kicks to Anderson) who needed to hear themselves stood up for by the boss.
