"I really don't know what Mings was thinking," said Bruce-Ball on BBC Radio 5 Live's Football Daily podcast. "It was an utterly bizarre thing to do and in the end it lost them a game." "I don't know what he was thinking either!" Sutton added. "The referee has no choice in that situation because he scooped the ball up with his hand.

Aston Villa's winning run in the Champions League ended after ... who conceded a spot kick by picking up the ball with his hand after a short goal kick by goalkeeper Emiliano Martínez, gifted Club Brugge a 1-0 win. Villa had won their first three games ...

Aston Villa defender Tyrone Mings picked up the ball when Emiliano Martinez passed it to him from a goal kick, thinking that play hadn't yet restarted

Aston Villa manager Unai Emery lamented Tyrone Mings's incomprehensible handball that led to their 1-0 Champions League loss to Club Brugge on Wednesday, saying the bizarre incident killed the game.

Tyrone Mings’ calamitous error condemned Aston Villa to their first Champions League defeat as they lost 1-0 at Club Brugge. The centre-back inexplicably picked up a short goal-kick by Emiliano Martinez without knowing referee Tobias Stieler had restarted the game.