Aston Villa penalty debate rages on as opposition player makes brutally honest confession

Aston Villa were undone for the archetypal clip successful the Champions League arsenic Club Brugges took vantage of a arguable penalty, which saw Tyrone Mings prime the shot up from a extremity kick

Simon Mignolet said keepers and defenders indispensable omniscient up to debar the concern that outgo Aston Villa dear.

The erstwhile Liverpool shot-stopper, present playing betwixt the sticks for Brugges, was astatine the different extremity of the transportation arsenic a mix-up betwixt Emi Martinez and Tyrone Mings saw Unai Emery ’s broadside autumn to a 1-0 defeat.

Villa sacrificed their 100 per cent grounds successful the contention truthful acold erstwhile the Argentine keeper took a goal-kick successful the 52nd minute, mildly tapping the shot to conscionable extracurricular the country of the six-yard container lone for the defender to scope down and halt it with his hand.

Brugges players and the assemblage appealed and referee Tobias Stieler pointed to the spot. The England centre-half intelligibly believed it wasn’t successful play. The lucifer authoritative deemed that it was. Hans Vanaken gleefully accepted the unexpected contiguous by netting from the spot, leaving Villa to caregiver their archetypal decision successful 4 Champions League outings.

The contention mirrored that which took spot successful April erstwhile Arsenal ’s David Raya and defender Gabriel got into a akin mix-up, infuriating past Bayern brag Thomas Tuchel. The referee that night, Glenn Nyberg said that it was ‘a kid’s mistake’ and refused to censure the Gunners’ defender. Stieler took the other view, that the shot was successful play.

Mignolet watched the play unfold from the other extremity and said: “I’m alert of it. I ever effort to propulsion the shot to my defender astatine extremity kicks. You ne'er know, if the shot is extracurricular the six-yard container and the defender touches the shot the goal-kick has been taken.

“I don’t cognize however the regularisation is decided. You don’t cognize however the referee is going to construe these benignant of things. But there’s a crushed wherefore we propulsion the ball. Sometimes erstwhile you unreserved yourself, it goes a small spot quick, and portion of doing it retired of wont you footwear the shot to him, past it depends however the referee is going to construe it.

“There is besides the statement that if you footwear it to him and you haven’t re-started and an attacker comes to press…then it works some ways. That’s wherefore I propulsion the ball, truthful this doesn’t happen. It’s precise harsh but I americium precise fortunate I was connected the close extremity of it."

Mignolet felt that Brugges were worth for their win, contempt the unexpected quality of it. He added: “The extremity was a acquisition but we deserved it successful presumption of chances. Aston Villa are a truly beardown squad and we tried to play it tactically, adjacent betwixt the lines, we didn’t springiness immoderate abstraction to them successful onslaught due to the fact that they person got immoderate players who tin marque a difference.

“The script turned retired good - we scored successful the close infinitesimal and past we could beryllium unsafe connected the antagonistic attack. “They ne'er created the chances they needed to people an equaliser.”

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