Aston Villa goalkeeper Emiliano Martinez avoided an embarrassing penalty shootout dismissal due to a little-known rule.
Unai Emery's side lost 2-1 on the night but with the aggregate score at 3-3 at the end of the second leg, extra-time and penalties were needed.played some quick mind games and was warned for his antics before stepping up to save a penalty from Nabil Bentaleb and then shushing the crowd.
Although it was his second yellow of the game, the former Arsenal man was still able to avoid a sending off.The Villa goalkeeper later saved a second penalty from Benjamin Andre to send Villa through to the semi-finals of the competition. He then ran off to celebrate with his teammates as they overcame their defeat in normal time to win in dramatic circumstances.Yusuf Yazici opened the scoring for Lille before Andre headed in their second to give the Ligue 1 hope of reaching the semi-finals.
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