Tyrone Mings' calamitous mistake proved costly as Aston Villa lost 1-0 to Club Brugge in the Champions League. (More Football News)
Villa had won their opening three ga꧟mes in the competitionಞ, but their unbeaten run came to a shuddering halt in Belgium on Wednesday.
Mings was at fault as he conceded a bizarre ༺penalty early in the second halܫf.
On his first Champions League appearance, Mings inexplicably picked the ball when it was passed his way by Emiliano Martinez, believing it was not in play.
The referee 🌞pointed to the penalty spot, with the spot-kick confirmed by VAR, and Hans Vanaken converted from 12 yards.
U🐼nai Emery's side failed to create much of note from then on, and finished with just 0.4 expecte🃏d goals (xG) from what was a disappointing attacking display.
Brugge are now on six points, three behind Villa.
Data Debrief: Brugge finally claim an English scalp
This was Brugge's first win over an English team in Europe since they beat Chelsea in the 🔜Cup Winners' Cup in 1995, ending a run of 14 matches without a victory against English teams.
Villa, meanwhile, failed to become j🔴ust the fourth team to win their first four Champions League matches, after Milan (1993), Paris Saint-Germain (1994) and Juventus (1995).
