DPA
Berlin
Aston Villa had their perfect record in the Champions League shattered after a bizarre mistake from Tyrone Mings culminated in a 1-0 defeat at Club Brugge on Wednesday.
Mings picked up the ball with his hands inside the box after Emiliano Martinez took a goal kick, before giving it back to the goalkeeper.
The clear action didn’t go unnoticed and Brugge were awarded a penalty, calmly converted by Hans Vanaken in the 52nd minute.
Villa had won their three games before the trip to Brugge and Wednesday’s defeat means that Liverpool are now the only team who haven’t dropped points in four Champions League matches this season In the other early game, Shakhtar Donetsk defeated Young Boys 2-1.
Kastriot Imeri cancelled out Oleksandr Zubkov’s opener for Shakhtar, but Georgiy Sudakov put the back in the lead before the break.
Later on Wednesday, Bayern Munich host Benfica, Barcelona visit Red Star Belgrade, while Inter Milan welcome Arsenal.
