An unusual penalty for a handball in the area ended the team’s winning streak. Aston Villa in the Champions League when the English team lost 1-0 on Wednesday against the Club Bruges.
He Villa woke up at the head of the classification of the Champions League of 36 teams after three consecutive victories without conceding a goal. It took a strange sequence for the goalkeeper, Emiliano Martínez was finally defeated.
The defender of Villa, Tyrone Mings was penalized for grabbing the ball with his hand inside the area when Martínez he seemed to restart the game with a short goal kick to his teammate.
Without understanding that the ball was in play, Mixed He advanced a couple of steps to pick it up with his left hand and put it in the corner of the area.
The penalty was blown and the captain Hans Vanaken scored in the 52nd minute, finishing to the left of the “Dibu” Martínez. The world champion lunged to his right.
Martínez tried to persuade the German referee Tobias Stieler after the game that he had made a mistake.
The defeat leaves the Villa in fifth place in the standings, now led by Liverpoolcon Inter Milan, Arsenal y Brest all capable of overtaking Unai Emery’s side with a win later on Wednesday. Inter received Arsenal in San Siro.
He Club Bruges It has six points, from two wins and two losses and was provisionally in twentieth place, which after the eight dates in January would earn it a place in the direct elimination playoff round.
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