Tyrone Mings’ costly penalty error leads to Aston Villa's defeat against Club Brugge

On November 6, in a Champions League match against Club Brugge, Aston Villa defender Tyrone Mings made a costly handball mistake that led to a shocking 1-0 defeat for his team.

Mings bizarrely picked up the ball inside his own penalty area in the second half in the mistaken belief that Villa keeper Emiliano Martinez had not taken a goal kick.

The England centre-back appeared to think Martinez’s pass to him was not the restart in play and he scooped up the ball to place it back in the six-yard box.

Hans Vanaken stroked home the resulting penalty to leave Mings stunned as Villa’s 100 per cent record in this season’s Champions League came to an end in the most unusual circumstances at the Jan Breydel stadium.

It was a nightmare Champions League debut for Mings, who had recently returned to action after 14 months on the sidelines with an anterior cruciate ligament injury.