-        player_page = self._download_webpage(player_url, video_id,
-            u'Downloading player page')
-        config_json = self._search_regex(r'value=\'config=({.+?})\'',
-            player_page, u'config json')
+
+        self._download_webpage(player_url, video_id, 'Requesting player page')
+        player_page = self._download_webpage(
+            player_url, video_id, 'Downloading player page')
+        config_json = self._search_regex(
+            r'value=\'config=({.+?})\'', player_page, 'config json')