“His mistake is completely strange,” said Villa boss Unai Emery. “It’s the biggest mistake I witnessed in my career.” It ended Aston Villa’s until then perfect run in the Champion’s League.
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Something extremely similar happened in Arsenal v/s Bayern Munich. Arsenal’s Gabriel Magalhães, picked up the ball after a pass from David Raya.The referee in that case chose not to blow the whistle, considering it a “childish” mistake unworthy of a penalty.
Unfortunately for Aston Villla their referee Tobias Stieler was made of sterner stuff. He gave Aston Villa no such lenient interpretation of the law.