The team was as changed as expected, with a makeshift defence, altered attack and a largely untouched midfield, although John McGinn was justifiably rested. Clearly Unai is putting out teams in this competition with the idea of winning by enough rather than in style.

Whether this will work against better opposition we’ll have to see, but it certainly appeared in the early stages that the team were good enough to get the points without having to work particularly hard or to bother any of a strong bench.

Donyell Malen had a good shot saved when it looked destined for the top corner, Amadou Onana’s attempt off what looked like his thigh was not far from the target. Then after 27 minutes Youri Tielemans crossed the ball for Malen to head Villa’s opener and get a load of missiles thrown at him from the Young Boys supporters.

Fifteen minutes later some lovely teamwork out of defence saw Morgan Rogers carrying forward and laying the ball off for Malen to score his second. If what had happened after his first was bad enough, the second led to some incredible scenes with seats ripped up and supporters fighting with police and stewards. It was all very unsavoury, totally unexpected and will inevitably lead to a lot of whataboutery from those who made too much noise the other week.

Whether the five minute delay had an effect on the players is open to question but Villa never seemed to have the same authority after the break. It was noticeable that on the hour we brought on four subs. All are internationals, three English and one Argentinian. We’ve come a fair way under Unai.

The visitors had their first shot and it seemed as though they’d pulled a goal back but a lengthy VAR check put paid to that idea, and on playback it looked a lot clearer than it did at Villa Park. Malen had a goal ruled out and Villa wasted another couple of good chances, then just as the match was winding down a bit of ball-watching and an admittedly good finish made stoppage time a bit more frantic than it should have been.