Aston Villa manager Unai Emery did not blame the referee for the decision, despite having been involved in a lengthy argument with the referees during the match.
He said: “We played a good first half. In the second half the mistake changed everything. The key was the mistake we made.”
“Your mistake is completely strange. It has only happened once in my entire life.”
Villa defender Ezri Konsa added: “It’s part of football. Our first defeat in the Champions League and we have to move on, we can’t be so depressed about it.”
“I didn’t see it, I just saw the players running towards the referee saying handball.
“This kills the game. If it’s a handball, a deliberate handball, why not give him a second yellow? It’s a mistake, but we have to learn from it.”
Former Aston 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 Bruges players are closing Mings?
“I don’t think Tyrone Mings looked at Emi Martinez at all when he took the goal kick, so he thinks he can pick it up because he doesn’t know it was taken.”
Sutton, speaking live on BBC Radio 5, said: “That’s ridiculous. It’s crazy on Mings’ part, absolutely crazy.”
“What are you thinking? It’s a Mings brain freeze. Tyrone Mings could have done it when he was three.”
Crouch added on TNT: “It was very, very strange.
“Even if you don’t think it’s live, you don’t put your hand on him. It’s a moment of madness. The moment he did it we all shouted that it was a penalty.”
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