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Villa manager Emery did not blame the referee for the decision, despite being involved in a lengthy discussion with officials during the match.<\/p>\n
He said: “We played a good first half. The second half the mistake changed everything. The key was the mistake we made.<\/p>\n
“His mistake is completely strange. It’s only happened one time in all my life.”<\/p>\n
Villa defender Ezri Konsa, added: “It is part of football. Our first loss in the Champions League and we have to move on, we can’t be too down about it.<\/p>\n
“I didn’t see it, I just saw the players running to the referee saying handball.<\/p>\n
“It kills the game. If it is a handball, a deliberate one, why not give give him a second yellow? It is a mistake but we have to learn from it.”<\/p>\n
Former Villa defender Stephen Warnock said on BBC Sport: “Arsenal got away with doing the same thing against Bayern Munich in the Champions League last season – maybe this time the referee has seen that the Brugge players are closing Mings down?<\/p>\n
“I don’t think Tyrone Mings has looked at Emi Martinez at all when he took the goal-kick, which is why he thinks he can pick it up because he does not know it has been taken.”<\/p>\n
Sutton, speaking on BBC Radio 5 live, said: “That’s ridiculous. It is crazy from Mings, absolutely crazy.<\/p>\n
“What is he thinking? It’s a brain freeze from Mings. Tyrone Mings might have done it when he was three.”<\/p>\n
Crouch added on TNT: “It was very, very bizarre. <\/p>\n
“Even if you don\u2019t think it is live, you don’t put your hand on it. It is a moment of madness. The moment he did it, we all shouted that was a penalty.”<\/p>\n<\/div>\n