Unai Emery, Jurgen Klopp had said ahead of kick-off, is a man with a plan for every occasion. A good job then, that the German knows his way around a yellow wall.
Having stifled Bayern Munich in the previous round, limiting Robert Lewandowski & Co. to just one goal across 180 minutes, Emery and his Villarreal side arrived at Anfield intent on making this semi-final first-leg a non-event and turning the tie into a one-off shootout at El Madrigal in a week’s time.
