‘Referee had no choice but to award a penalty after Tyrone Mings’ schoolboy error – he’s absolutely spot on’

ASTON VILLA conceded 1 of the astir bizarre penalties successful Champions League past connected Wednesday night.

Villa brag Unai Emery slammed Tyron Mings' bizarre determination to PICK UP the shot arsenic "the biggest mistake I witnessed successful my career".

Mings talented Club Brugge a punishment successful the 2nd half erstwhile helium was passed the shot wrong the country by Emi Martinez from a goal-kick and decided to crook down and prime it up.

It tin lone beryllium assumed that Mings had a lapse successful attraction and thought helium had been rolled the shot to instrumentality the goal-kick himself.

But referee Tobias Stieler stuck to the missive of the instrumentality and pointed to the spot, a determination that outgo Villa each 3 points arsenic Brugge skipper Hans Vanaken converted the resulting punishment to people the lone extremity of the game.

Former Premier League referee and SunSport columnist Mark Halsey gives his verdict connected the arguable determination that marred Villa's decision to Club Brugge...

Speaking exclusively to SunSport Halsey explained that authoritative Stieler made the close telephone and said that Aston Villa tin person "no complaints whatsoever".

He said: "We spot it week successful week retired successful each league astir the globe, wherever the goalkeeper takes a speedy extremity footwear giving it to the defender, and the defender plays it away."

Adding: "The referee has nary enactment whatsoever to to springiness that punishment due to the fact that the shot is successful play and it's a it's a schoolboy mistake by by Tyrone Mings.

"It's conscionable unbelievable for a subordinate of his calibre to bash what helium did successful the 2nd half.

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"So Aston Villa tin person nary complaints whatsoever."

The incidental was remarkably akin to Arsenal centre-back Gabriel's blunder against Bayern Munich successful the Champions League past season.

The Brazilian defender was fto disconnected the hook that nighttime with Swedish referee Glenn Nyberg saying that it was a "kid's mistake" that wasn't successful the tone of the crippled to punish a squad for.

Halsey reckons you tin consciousness atrocious for Mings, but the determination yet has to beryllium a punishment by the missive of the law.

He added: "Tyrone Mings needs to person a look astatine himself and and and and inquire himself, What connected world was I doing?

"Listen, yes. You bash consciousness a small spot for him, but they're nonrecreational footballers. They should cognize the laws of the game.

"And arsenic I accidental It's a speedy extremity footwear and, erstwhile the extremity footwear has been taken the shot is successful play.

"So, arsenic I said before, Aston Villa could person nary complaints astatine the grant of a punishment by the referee."

Villa players besides recovered themselves complaining that the referee hadn't blown his whistle to restart play yet, but Halsey has clarified there's nary substance successful that statement either.

He explained: "The referee doesn't request to stroke his whistle successful that concern to restart play. It's conscionable 'away we go'."

Villa's decision knocked them disconnected their perch successful Europe and ended their 100% commencement to the Champions League this season.