Tyrone Mings became the first Englishman to concede a penalty on his Champions League debut in bizarre fashion as Aston Villa lost to Brugge.
The Aston Villa defender, returning from 14 months out with a knee injury, was being hailed pre-match for completing a journey from Chippenham Town to the Champions League.
Villa manager Unai Emery was scathing of the error, calling it "the biggest mistake I witnessed in my career". Martinez had tapped a goal-kick to Mings inside the penalty area but the former Ipswich defender simply picked the ball up. In an almost identical incident, defender Gabriel handled a pass from David Raya inside the penalty area - again not realising his keeper had taken the goal-kick and that the ball was in play.
Former Aston Villa defender Stephen Warnock said on BBC Sport: "Arsenal got away with doing the same thing against Bayern Munich in the Champions League last season - maybe this time the referee has seen that the Brugge players are closing Mings down? "What is he thinking? It's a brain freeze from Mings. Tyrone Mings might have done it when he was three.""Even if you don’t think it is live, you don’t put your hand on it. It is a moment of madness. The moment he did it we all shouted that was a penalty."It was a nightmare end to what had begun as a dream evening for Villa's 31-year-old defender Mings who became the first Englishman to concede a penalty on his Champions League debut.
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