“Get over it already, Unai”: Pique involved in social media feud with Villarreal manager

It seems like Gerard Pique’s recent comments regarding a penalty incident during Real Madrid’s game with Valencia have not gone down too well with Unai Emery.

The Barcelona defender took a sly dig against Real Madrid over a penalty decision that went their way as they defeated Valencia this past weekend. The 34-year-old has never been one to hide his feelings about how he thinks referees favour the Merengues.

Villarreal manager Unai Emery, however, seems to have taken offence by the comments and hit out Pique, claiming that the Barça centre-half had been a beneficiary of some questionable calls himself, citing an incident from the Catalans’ 3-1 win over the Yellow Submarine earlier this year.

During the game, the ball seemed to have struck Pique’s arm inside the Barcelona box, but Villarreal were not awarded a penalty by the officials. Recalling that incident, Emery said (h/t Directo Gol):

“Piqué has to be sincere and stop lying to people. The other day, when we played against them, he actually made a penalty which wasn’t called. Instead of staying silent, he comments on other matches to try and trick people.”

Never one to back down from an argument, Pique hit out at Emery on his Twitter account, claiming that the Villarreal boss is still upset about how Barça defeated his PSG side 6-1 a few years ago.“This comes from someone who was still complaining about the ref during the 6-1 match 3 years later. Get over it already, Unai,” Pique tweeted.

It will be interesting to see if Emery responds to the jibe from the veteran defender. For now, though, the attention will shift to Saudi Arabia as the Blaugrana get set to take on Real Madrid in the semi-finals of the Spanish Supercup.