A key metric with Emery is “duels” and no Villa player came out on top of their match-up. Club B ruges made three times as many interceptions and twice the number of clearances. Villa made four tackles in the attacking half, none in the attacking third, and their hosts, typically direct in style, grew in confidence when playing from deep.

Aston Villa’s first defeat in this season’s Champions League adventure will linger long in the memory for poor Tyrone Mings.

"I really don't know what Mings was thinking," said Bruce-Ball on BBC Radio 5 Live's Football Daily podcast. "It was an utterly bizarre thing to do and in the end it lost them a game." "I don't know what he was thinking either!" Sutton added. "The referee has no choice in that situation because he scooped the ball up with his hand.