Tyrone Mings' Redemption: Aston Villa Secure Vital Win Over Club Brugge in Champions League Last-16:

Aston Villa manager Unai Emery called it, "the biggest mistake I have witnessed in my career," when Tyrone Mings, for some reason, gifted a penalty to Club Brugge during the Champions League group phase in November.

In what seems like a night of redemption for the England defender, Mings was seen assisting Villa taking huge steps towards the quarter finals of Europe's most prestigious football competition after he returned to his howler's scene.

After Villa's astonishing win of 3-1 against Club Brugge during the first leg of the last 16 in Belgium, Mings said, "I was more than happy to come back here and play in this stadium because I think we had unfinished business."

"I am very proud of what we had done tonight. I really enjoyed this game," he added. “We played against them [in the league phase] and knew a bit of what to expect. The game was exactly as we anticipated. We can be proud of both our defensive and attacking play.”

So, will Aston Villa complete the task in Birmingham on the 12th of March, fetching a last-eight battle against Liverpool or Paris St-Germain?

One thing is certain though: Mings appears to be back in shape for good after leaving the drama of four months ago behind him.

What transpired during November?

Stieler penalized Mings of Aston Villa for handball after he picked up the ball, because the German referee assumed Tirlsky had no intention of taking the kick.

Then, the captain of Club Brugge, Hans Vanaken, scored the singular goal of the match.

One of the worst incidents that have come from Aston Villa and Tyrone MIng’s was during the Mings’ European first half only appearing in his second match which he had returned from after 14 months from an ACL injury.

Emery was also confused, as he explained, “his blunder is so inexplicable it almost makes sense.”

Mings uncharacteristically replied with, “It’s only happened one time in all my life.”

'Mings’ became a legend.

Days ago, Mings flew from his Yate Town and Chippenham Town days back in non-League soccer. Then just Tuesday, he travelled in style by distribution a cross which he headed to Leon Bailey and then opened the scoring within minutes of three.

Mings displayed skill when he rose and bounded upwards beyond Brugge skipper Vanaken’s header, which was aimed right where the ball needs to go in order for it to hit the back net; Mings was just in range to powerfully shift the ball away adding to the optional guidance.

Previously, Pat Nevin was known as the Scotland winger, hindsight reasoning in Mings, who dialed into BBC Radio 5 Live on the guess he winded up with incredibly furious anger emotion.

“I’m pretty sure that kept a goal out,” he said, noticing how close it was to going past the post.

As Mings cleared the ball from danger time and again, he became the most active Villa defender with seven clearances. Villa fans savored this win, their sixth victory of the campaign, as they celebrated with over one thousand five hundred fans who traveled for the game.

After the game, Emery was asked about Mings’ performance and noted, “The first experience he had here was not good, but today he reacted fantastic for me. concentrating seriously and saving one action that was a goal”.

As he went on, he seemed to develop a broader point, saying: “I understand the adversity in football on this level as well as what systems we really put in place and how we all need to evaluate everything as best as possible in order to work out the only goal, to improve this goal for my players”.

“We have made advances from the game that we hosted in this particular country,” said a different Villa representative.

‘We still have work to do’

For Emmanuel De Puydt, this was the English side’s first reminder of the quarter-final stage since the1982-83 but they have made enormous strides in a short space of time.

While Villa seem to advance with every match, De Puydt feels compelled to add not every result they got lately would have been fair, citing the 3-1 defeat to Club Brugge as an example.

"As the Spaniard quickly stated, “We are not in the quarter finals.” \n\n“There is still another 90 minutes to play, and we are ready should we need extra time and penalties because I know how difficult it is to win every match”, said the Spaniard. \n\n“I am certain the players know how to deal with matches like that, but we need to understand that whatever the situation is, we need to respect the opponent.” \n\n“They compete very well, and we need to watch the match again with the players to understand the difficulties we will be coming up against Europe." \n\n“Feel Happy but Calm?”