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Spoil-sport Aston Villa goalkeeper ruins kids' half-time penalty shoot-out, with fans booing as he refuses to move out of the goal and ignores desperate host

An Aston Villa goalkeeper became the pantomime villain on Tuesday night as he denied a group of kids their dream of taking a penalty at Selhurst Park.

Robin Olsen was due to replace the injured Emiliano Martinez in the second half and decided to soldier on through his warm-up - despite the host and fans' vehement protests.

As it happened, his stubbornness didn't pay off as he conceded three after the break in a 4-1 Crystal Palace rout which saw Villa drop to 10th.

It is common for children to have half-time challenges and highly unusual for a player to deny them the opportunity.