Unai Emery was in no mood to indulge in the David v Goliath narrative that always appears to surround Villarreal's exploits in Europe despite one of the most historic nights in the club's history.
'We are here not to be told how nice we are... we have a very solid and stable project,' he said after they pulled off a shock on Tuesday night by knocking Bayern Munich out of the Champions League.
The 'niceness' refers to the story of a club that represents a city with a population of around 50,000 people who would all be able to fit into the 75,000-seater Allianz Arena and then some.