Defender mistakenly picked up the ball unaware play had restarted
There was hardly a murmur as Emiliano Martínez took a routine goal kick five minutes into the second half and then, a few seconds later, huge cheers from those decked out in Club Brugge blue and black as the ramifications of’s brain freeze suddenly dawned on them. The defender mistakenly assumed Martínez had not restarted play and so scooped the ball up, placed it on the edge of the six-yard box and proceeded to pass the ball to his goalkeeper.
Two years to the day since Emery’s first game in charge of Villa, a 3-1 win over Manchester United, it is worth remembering how far they have come, though given the disgusted look on his face as Vanaken rippled Martínez’s net, Villa’s manager probably won’t see it that way. On the night, Emery’s side were unpicked by Nicky Hayen, the Brugge manager who two years ago was in charge of Cymru Premier League side Haverfordwest County.
The former Liverpool and Sunderland goalkeeper Simon Mignolet was not troubled in the first half but down the other end Martínez had to be on his toes to ensure things were goalless at the interval. Brugge had a flurry of chances, including two in the 30th minute, the first of which saw Ferran Jutglà fire a shot against a post, via a thin Martínez paw. Brugge smelt blood and seconds later Martínez flew down low to get a left hand to Christos Tzolis’s curled right-foot effort.
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