Liverpool manager Kenny Dalglish is still fuming over the elbow from Braga defender Kaka on striker Andy Carroll.
The young forward was only just returning from a thigh injury during the first leg in Portugal, and was greeted with an elbow from the opposition side's defender in his first appearance in a European competition.
The Reds gaffer remains baffled by Uefa for not taking any retrospective action on the transgressor, and now believes that the towering hitman should channel his anger towards securing a victory for his team in the reverse fixture at Anfield on Thursday.
"I honestly hadn't seen the incident during the game because Andy had his back to us, but when I saw it on television, you could see it was such a bad challenge," Dalglish said, according to The Mirror.
"If it was one of our players, or a British one, there would have been mayhem. Yet I've not seen much about it since.
"For something as deliberate as that, Uefa must surely have some sort of retrospective retribution. There must be something?"
Uefa have had extra officials for experimental purposes, and the Scot was bemused that not one of them had caught the incident when it took place.
He said: "They aren't referees are they? They're just Santa's little helpers! But to be fair, I've never seen them affect any of the games I've watched.
"But if you don't see it, there should be some form of punishment if it's totally clear."
Dalglish added: "There is one thing going up to protect yourself, it is another completely going up to hurt an opponent - and that was to hurt Andy.
"To do what he did last week, which was keeping his composure, is great credit to him. Now the best way for Andy to answer anything is to be on the winning side. The best way to vent our anger would be to get a good result."
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