The bizarre moment Aston Villa conceded farcical penalty as Tyrone Mings PICKS up ball in Champions League clash

Aston Villa were hit with a surprising penalty in their Champions League match against Club Brugge on Wednesday night.

Villa's defender, Tyrone Mings, picked up the ball after Emiliano Martinez passed it to him from a goal kick, under the impression that play hadn't restarted.

However, German referee Tobias Stieler believed that the game had resumed with Martinez's kick, resulting in a handball penalty against Villa. Hans Vanaken of Brugge successfully converted the penalty.

Commentating on the game for BBC Radio Five Live the former Villa defender Stephen Warnock recalled a similar incident in the quarter-final fixture between Arsenal and Bayern Munich last season when Gabriel picked up a David Raya goal kick.

"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?" said Warnock.

"I want to look at it again but 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."