Watch: Tyrone Mings concedes actually BIZARRE penalty on his Aston Villa return as he picks up Emiliano Martinez’s aim kick in his personal field

Tyrone Mings endured a nightmare Champions League debut on his return for Aston Villa on Wednesday as he was penalised for bizarrely selecting up Emiliano Martinez’s aim kick in his personal penalty space.

The loopy penalty, which was transformed by Hans Vanaken at hand Membership Brugge a 1-0 lead within the match, will undoubtedly go down as one of many strangest spot-kicks — and most shambolic from Aston Villa’s perspective — ever to be conceded in Champions League historical past.

5 minutes into the second half, Martinez dropped the ball inside his six-yard field earlier than passing it to Mings to the left of him, who bent down to choose up the ball and reposition it on the road for the goalkeeper to retake.

Instantly punished for his lapse in focus, Mings watched in disbelief as referee Tobias Stieler blew his whistle and pointed to the penalty spot, indicating that the Villa defender had illegally dealt with the ball contained in the field.

Regardless of protesting that he assumed Martinez was passing him the ball with the intention to take the restart, the referee and VAR stood by the preliminary resolution.

The defender picked up the ball from Emiliano Martinez after his goalkeeper took a aim kick

The previous England worldwide will really feel exhausting carried out by on condition that Arsenal defender Gabriel Magalhaes received away with making the very same error within the Champions League final marketing campaign.

After receiving a goal-kick cross from David Raya throughout Arsenal’s conflict with Bayern Munich, Gabriel leant down to choose up and reposition the ball.

To the dismay of Bayern’s gamers, the Brazilian was not penalised — and Mikel Arteta praised the referee for utilizing ‘frequent sense’ after the match.

Mings, who sustained an anterior cruciate ligament harm on his proper knee on August 12 final 12 months throughout a 5-1 defeat in opposition to Newcastle, was known as in for his Champions League debut as supervisor Unai Emery rotated his squad.

The 31-year-old former Aston Villa captain stepped up his restoration final month by that includes for the membership’s U21 aspect.

Upon returning to the Villa fold, Mings might be met with much more competitors at centre-back than he was beforehand used to earlier than struggling harm, with Pau Torres, Diego Carlos and Ezri Konsa all thought of common first-team gamers beneath Emery.

The shambolic penalty will possible do the ex-England star no favours as he bids to win again his place, with Villa set to face Liverpool, Crystal Palace and Juventus throughout their subsequent three fixtures.

Followers shortly took to social media to mock the defender after his pricey error.

Followers shortly took to social media to mock the previous England star after his calamitous blunder

Mings had suffered an anterior cruciate ligament harm in opposition to Newcastle in August 2023

Accompanying his X submit with a sequence of laughing emojis, one fan mentioned: ‘Tyrone Mings… what are you doing?’

One other added: ‘Tyrone Mings must be trolling. Wtf was he doing?’

A 3rd supporter, claiming that Aston Villa had been unfairly handled in comparison with Arsenal final season, posted: ‘Tyrone Mings concedes a penalty for this mind fart of a handball…

‘However when Arsenal do it, PGMOL don’t dare give it, as a result of “it’s Arsenal.” Inform me once more how they don’t get any favouritism from the officers.’

Aston Villa went on to lose the sport 1-0 in what marked the membership’s first Champions League defeat on the season.

Emery’s aspect sit two factors forward of Manchester Metropolis and three behind Premier League leaders Liverpool, with Arsenal two wins and a draw from three video games forward of Wednesday night time’s conflict with Inter Milan.