After a lengthy injury absence that kept Tyrone Mings out of action for 14 months following a serious knee injury, he would have relished the opportunity to start the Champions League match against Club Brugge.
Mings, capped 18 times by England, made a superb goalline clearance to keep it goalless in the first half, but ultimately his bizarre mistake proved costly as Aston Villa lost for the first time in the Champions League this season following three victories.
The defender, thinking Emiliano Martinez had not taken a goal kick, picked up the ball, placed it back in the six-yard box and knocked it to the goalkeeper, only for the referee to decide it was a handball offence and award a penalty, which was then converted.