Aston Villa suffer first mini-wobble of Unai Emery’s reign after Tyrone Mings’ penalty blunder
Aston Villa’s first defeat in this season’s Champions League adventure will linger long in the memory for poor Tyrone Mings.
The England international was making his long-awaited debut in Europe’s elite competition and this should have been an evening to savour after recently making his return from a serious knee injury.
Yet his experience in Bruges proved a nightmarish occasion, and unfortunately he will be associated with conceding one of the most farcical penalties ever seen at this level.
With 51 minutes gone, Mings picked up the ball with his left hand after not realising goalkeeper Emiliano Martínez had already taken a short goal-kick but was left stunned after realising he had given away a penalty.
It was absolute madness, with referee Tobias Stieler instructed to award the penalty after VAR reviewed the incident.
Mings, and Villa’s other 10 players on the field, stood in shock as Hans Vanaken put away the penalty to set Club Brugge on their way towards ending Villa’s 100 per cent record.
Club Brugge are awarded a penalty after Tyrone Mings picks the ball up inside his own area 😳
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Shortly after the spot-kick was awarded, Unai Emery sank into his seat in clear disbelief.
Ezri Konsa, the Villa defender, argued that Stieler should have sent Mings off if he was convinced he was guilty of deliberate handball, after an earlier booking.
He said: “It killed the game. It’s a mistake, it’s not a mistake we want to make but there is nothing we can do, we’ve got to move on from it.
“It’s 0-0 and I think if it’s a deliberate handball then he needs a second yellow, he’s on a yellow already so why not send him off for that then?
“I just saw the players running towards the ref saying handball and who knows. It’s just one of those ones.”
The Mings incident drew instant parallels with a similar penalty claim last season in the Champions League quarter-final first leg between Arsenal and Bayern Munich, when defender Gabriel handled a short kick from David Raya.
Glenn Nyberg, the referee at the Emirates, insisted it was a “kid’s mistake” and said that awarding a penalty would not be in the spirit of the game. No such luck for Mings.
More worryingly for Emery, his team produced a poor performance and have extended their winless run to four matches.
Emery has set such incredibly high standards over a transformational two years that this is arguably their first mini-wobble.
After conceding a 96th-minute equaliser at home to Bournemouth, Villa then made a bitterly disappointing Carabao Cup exit against Crystal Palace before a second-half collapse in a 4-1 defeat at Tottenham.
Emery conceded that defeat by Brugge – who had lost their last three Champions League home matches without scoring – was a fair result after his team failed to create any second-half chances.
With little intensity, Villa looked tired and perhaps this was the first evidence of Emery struggling to juggle the demands of the Premier League and Europe’s top competition.
It does not promise to get any easier, with a trip to league leaders Liverpool on Saturday, but Emery will demand a response.
He said: “I have played in Europe for 16 years in a row, and I know the difficulties we are going to face.
“I told the players that the most important thing is the experiences we are having. Last year we lost to Warsaw, [against] Zrinjski we drew, we deserved to lose at Ajax and we lost to Lille.
“It is difficult and here it is not strange. You watched the match and them playing, they finished exhausted. It was not intensity, the match changed completely after our mistake.”
Villa did start impressively but the home team responded on the half-hour mark with a period of sustained pressure.
Ferran Jutgla hit the post and seconds later Christos Tzolis’s shot was saved by Martínez.
Mings was required minutes later to clear Caspar Nielsen’s header away from goal as it arced towards the line but he was the unwanted centre of attention early in the second half.
Emery made a number of substitutions as time ticked away but Brugge were defensively resilient, inspired by centre-back Brandon Mechele.
Villa are still in a promising position to reach the knockout stages but this was a night of unexpected turbulence.
Suddenly the home game against Juventus on Nov 27 appears more significant in their bid to finish in the top-eight.
08:07 PM GMT
And finally Unai Emery
We played a very good first half. We had good chances to score and we didn’t score. We were in control. But the mistake changes everything. The key was the first half [not scoring] and the mistake that we made.
It’s one for the referees and the VAR [when asked if he was complaining about the penalty]. Brugge showed their capacity to hit us and they did.
08:04 PM GMT
Ezri Konsa speaks tro TNT Sports
It’s part of football. You win some, you lose some and we have to move on. We can’t be too down about it. We have to move on and focus on our next game which comes thick and fast.
I didn’t see it [the handball]. It’s just one of those. It kills the game. If it’s a deliberate handball, he gets a second yellow. Why didn’t he give him a second yellow? It kills the game.
You have to stick together. We did well to keep it at 0-0. We didn’t create enough chances. We lost a game and there’s not much I can say. It was just an unfortunate night.
07:47 PM GMT
Anatomy of a farce
Watch: Aston Villa give away bizarre penalty as Tyrone Mings picks up ball in the box.
07:43 PM GMT
Full time: Club Brugge 1 Aston Villa 0
Villa suffer their first defeat in Europe this season and make it three defeats in a row for Villa in League Cup, PL and Champions League. The penalty was a farce, more in its concession than its award, but Brugge were the better side and made the better chances.
Having started the game with You’ll Never Walk Alone on the Tannoy, Brugge end it with Wonderwall.
An impressive tactical performance from Bruges there. Felt they controlled the game from start to finish in a way you don't often see. Emery seemed to have very few answers to the Bruges' block and a worrying lack of impetus from Villa in a losing game state.
— Jon Mackenzie (@Jon_Mackenzie) November 6, 2024
07:40 PM GMT
90+5 min Brugge 1 Villa 0
Villa knock it around patiently amid shrill whistling but Nedelkovic is tackled when played in down the right and Konsa is harshly penalised for stopping Vermant as he tried to counter. Vermant made a meal of, at worst, a brush of the arm.
Yellow card, presumably for dissent?
07:38 PM GMT
90+3 min Brugge 1 Villa 0
Pau Torres plays a lovely pass down the left to place the ball perfectly into Maatsen’s stride but the left-back’s lay-off into the box is clocked.
07:37 PM GMT
90+1 min Brugge 1 Villa 0
The first of five minutes of stoppage time starts with Kamara rightly being booked for body-checking Vetlesen after a clumsy first touch.
07:36 PM GMT
89 min Brugge 1 Villa 0
Vermant ⇢ Jutgla.
Villa could still nick something here. Hope never dies with Duran around.
07:34 PM GMT
88 min Brugge 1 Villa 0
Mechele snuffs out Villa’s best attacking move of the half, using his heft and timing to nip the ball away from Duran who was shaping to shoot from 18 yards.
07:32 PM GMT
85 min Brugge 1 Villa 0
Kamara steps infield off the right, makes 10 yards and, with Duran screaming for the pass, drags a left-foot shot past the right post.
07:29 PM GMT
83 min Brugge 1 Villa 0
Long diagonal down the inside-left has to be mopped up by Martinez, alert to the danger and his team’s malfucnctioning offside trap.
07:27 PM GMT
81 min Brugge 1 Villa 0
Duran slips mid-turn 16 yards out when trying to spin and shoot after being fed a pass from the left by Buendia.
07:26 PM GMT
79 min Brugge 1 Villa 0
Final two Villa changes:
Nedelkovic ⇢ Diego Carlos
Buendia ⇢ Watkins.
07:23 PM GMT
77 min Brugge 1 Villa 0
Meijer screws a right-foot shot from the penalty spot wide. Once more Brugge pounce after winning the ball in midfield and beat the offside trap with a pass down the inside left for Jutgla who squares it too far for Seys and he picks out Meijer.
07:21 PM GMT
75 min Brugge 1 Villa 0
Two more chanegs fpr Club Brugge:
Vetlesen ⇢ Nielsen
Meijer ⇢ Tzolis
07:19 PM GMT
73 min Brugge 1 Villa 0
Bailey gets in behind again down the right but screws up the cross and Mignolet gathers. Emery is growing more frustrated by the minute.
07:18 PM GMT
71 min Brugge 1 Villa 0
Big chance for Brugge after Villa’s attack breaks down with too many players committed forward. Tzolis belts down the left, keeping ahead of Konsa and pulls it back to Olsen to shoot from 20 yards but he sends hisleft foot shot into orbit. The ball sails into the crowd.
That’s enough of Skov Olsen: Talbi ⇢ Olsen.
07:14 PM GMT
68 min Brugge 1 Villa 0
The Tielemans/Anderlecht haters have found a second wind. Villa are sweeping passes around but cannot get behind the Brugge defence until Bailey turns on the turbocharger down the right but his cross is easily picked off at the near post.
07:11 PM GMT
66 min Brugge 1 Villa 0
Duran and Watkins do not look comfortable in a two, both preferring to run where they want rather than picking a side or post.
Double Villa substitution: Pau Torres ⇢ Mings and Ramsey ⇢ Rogers.
07:09 PM GMT
64 min Brugge 1 Villa 0
Jutgla beats the offside trap to run in down the inside right and take the ball clipped over the top in his stride, back to goal. He lays it back to Olsen whose shot is deflected behind for a corner that Martinez gobbles up.
07:08 PM GMT
62 min Brugge 1 Villa 0
Impressive volume from the home fans in appreciation of their tigerish midfield.
07:06 PM GMT
61 min Brugge 1 Villa 0
Just before the substitution, Rogers stormed forward beat two men and picked out Watkins who trapped the pass but can’t get a shot out from under his feet.
07:05 PM GMT
59 min Brugge 1 Villa 0
Villa substitution: Duran ⇢ McGinn.
07:02 PM GMT
57 min Brugge 1 Villa 0
Maatsen makes a decisive back-pots clearance to whack a left-wing cross over the bar for a corner. Brugge cross to the 18-yard line and Nielsen steers a long-range, loopy header down Martinez’s throat.
07:00 PM GMT
54 min Brugge 1 Villa 0
Last year the referee let Arsenal off but not tonight. Unai Emery is protesting but to no avail.
06:57 PM GMT
GOAL!
Brugge 1-0 Villa (Vanaken, pen) Straight down the middle.
06:57 PM GMT
Brugge penalty
Mings picks the ball up after a goal-kick. Just like the incident in the Arsenal-Bayern game last season. Martinez had taken the goal-kick by rolling it to him but Mings thought it hadn’t been taken.
Club Brugge are awarded a penalty after Tyrone Mings picks the ball up inside his own area 😳
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What a bizarre moment in Bruges, and I cannot recall a penalty incident like this before.
It’s a nightmare moment for Tyrone Mings who is adjudged to have handled the ball, and Club Brugge are ahead from the spot.
Villa goalkeeper Emiliano Martinez put the ball down for a goal kick, played a short pass to Mings who clearly thought he hadn’t taken it and picked the ball up to throw it back to him - VAR rules it was handball.
Unai Emery is fuming. Absolute madness.
06:52 PM GMT
47 min Brugge 0 Villa 0
Tielemans catches Nielsen on the ankle as the Brugge midfielder tried to stride past him in the centre-circle.
06:51 PM GMT
46 min Brugge 0 Villa 0
Villa kick off and both Tielemans and Kamara put their foot on the ball as if to emphasise that they want to play at their own, slower tempo.
06:37 PM GMT
Half-time: Brugge 0 Villa 0
Brugge have fashioned three good chances and a further three half-chances after gulling Villa on the break. But shoddy finishing leaves the game all-square. Villa look dangerous when running at defenders and shifting the ball quickly but the lack of minutes for Kamara, Mings and Maatsen is evident in tentative didplays so far.
06:35 PM GMT
45+2 min Brugge 0 Villa 0
Villa free-kick 10 yards inside the Brugge half after Mecgele’s fould on Watkins. Tielemans is whistled piercingly as he stands over it as the set-piece coach bellows instructions. He chips it up the middle but Mings, who gets there first, cannot direct his effort on goal.
06:33 PM GMT
45 min Brugge 0 Villa 0
Two minutes of injury time go up on the board. Bailey was embarking on a run down the right but double-backed into midfield, which is unlike him. They look out of sorts.
06:31 PM GMT
43 min Brugge 0 Villa 0
Club Brugge are now in control and you have to wonder if they will regret not taking their chances when enjoying such a dominant spell.
On the half hour mark, Ferran Jutgla hit the post and then seconds later Christos Tzolis’ shot was saved by Emiliano Martinez.
Tyrone Mings has also cleared Casper Nielsen’s back header off the line as Villa struggle to regain possession.
Five attempts on target to Villa’s one so far.
06:30 PM GMT
41 min Brugge 0 Villa 0
Villa probe patiently to try to kill Brugge’s momentum. The Brugge fans have stopped booing Tielemans.
06:27 PM GMT
39 min Brugge 0 Villa 0
Soft-shoe passing between Olsen and Tzolis on the right after winning the ball in central midfield. A lot of ‘to me, to you’ which leaves Mings and Maatsen chasing shadows but neither finds the space to shoot convincingly
06:26 PM GMT
37 min Brugge 0 Villa 0
Now it;s Villa’s turn to break quickly and they shift the ball upfield with zippy passing. McGinn takes the initiative and has a shot from 20 yards but scuds it too close to Mignolet who drops to his knees to make the save.
06:24 PM GMT
34 min Brugge 0 Villa
Rapid passing frees De Cuyper down the left and he dinks a cross to the near post that Nielsen tries to back-head cutely and Mings boots it off the line but only as far as Jashari who shoots through a congested box low towards the left post and Martinez saves... at the second attempt. Why didn’t Nielsen just stick his forehead on that perfect cross?
06:21 PM GMT
32 min Brugge 0 Villa
Villa have a pair of corners, the first, defended at the near post, breeds the encore. They take that one short to McGinn who hangs up a cross to the far post that Watkins heads back across goal but beyond his team-mates.
06:19 PM GMT
29 min Brugge 0 Villa
Jutgla hits the post when he darts down the inside left and is picked out by Tzolis’ pass. He was trying to beat Martinez at his near post and did so, but not the woodwork. Seconds later Martinez dives to his left to parry away Tzolis’ shot from 20 yards after they were quickest to the rebound. Villa have been slick going forward but the defence is rickety in that channel between Konsa and Diego Carlos as the right-sided centre-half.
06:14 PM GMT
26 min Brugge 0 Villa 0
Yellow card for Mings for wiping out Jutgla as they went up for a header followed by one for Diego Carlos for dissent because of his protest.
06:13 PM GMT
24 min Brugge 0 Villa 0
Olsen whips a pass from the right towards rhe penalty spot but Jutgla couldn’t get there and Diego Carlos does. Villa break and whip over a wonderful cross for McGinn, who had peeled off Ordonez at the back post, but he makes a proper Horlicks of it, heading it over from six yards.
The home supporters are noisy and backing their team, and you have to admire their loyalty.
Club Brugge have lost their last three home Champions League matches, failing to score in each game while conceding nine goals.
06:11 PM GMT
22 min Brugge 0 Villa 0
Watkins drags a right-foot shot from 20 yards wide of the right post aftyer Tielemans and McGinn combined to mug Vanaken in midfield. Watkins had Mignolet scrambling towards the other post but couldn’t find the precision to go with the deception.
06:08 PM GMT
20 min Brugge 0 Villa 0
Mechele chips a 50-yard pass up the left for Tzolis who beats Konsa to it by beating the offside trap. Martinez starts to hare over to sweep up but then retreats and Diego Carlos and Kamara smother the attack.
06:05 PM GMT
18 min Brugge 0 Villa 0
Yellow card for Nielsen for stopping Villa countering from Martinez’s quick release.
06:04 PM GMT
16 min Brugge 0 Villa 0
The referee blows his Acme Thunderer with the ball still on its way in from the corner, penalising Kamara.
Brugge break and Villa make a ‘tactical/professional/cynical’ foul to stop Tzolis’s run. Nielsen takes the free-kick and squares it to De Cuyper who shoots low and without venom from 22 yards. Martinez swoops to gather by his right post.
Aston Villa midfielder Boubacar Kamara was a huge miss in the second half last season, so his return is a major boost for Unai Emery.
Kamara is arguably Villa’s MVP and his knee injury last season clearly affected the midfield, with Douglas Luiz one player in particular who struggled without his partner.
The Frenchman has now come back and is already proving the calming influence between defence and midfield.
A very shrewd free transfer, and one of the few high points from Steven Gerrard’s doomed reign as it was the former Villa manager who proved crucial in persuading Kamara to join.
06:01 PM GMT
14 min Brugge 0 Villa 0
Konsa drifts in from the right, feeds Kamara who lays it off to Rogers by the left of the D and he tries to thread a shot into the bottom right but it’s deflected behind for a corner.
06:00 PM GMT
13 min Brugge 0 Villa 0
Tielemans delights the Anderlecht-haters among the home fans when he has a shot from 25 yards that sails high and away from goal as he sliced it. Lucy Ward and the commenattor then address the jeering with some confusion about which language it might be in, Flemish, French or Dutch, settling on ‘unpleasant whatever it is’.
05:58 PM GMT
11 min Brugge 0 Villa 0
Smart defending from Ordonez bails his team out when the notional centre-forward, Jutgal, drops deep and then passes straight to a white shirt. Bailey give sit to Watkins who has a 40-yard run on goal but the Ecuador centre-half muscles him off the ball by the 18-yard line before he can let fly.
05:55 PM GMT
9 min Brugge 0 Villa 0
Rogers finds some space with his back to goal 25 yards out, turns quickly and lays the ball off when it was begging to be fired towards goal. A minute later Kamara works the ball through the Brugge press to Bailey who tries to pick out Rogers’ near post run but bends the cross too close to Mignolet.
05:53 PM GMT
7 min Brugge 0 Villa 0
Bailey seems to have cricked his neck but, after digging both index fingers either side of the vertebrae, he carries on. Neat work from Konda down the right comes to naught.
05:52 PM GMT
5 min Brugge 0 Villa 0
De Cuyper also finds some space down the left and the full-back also manages to poke a cross into the box that Villa defend well.
05:51 PM GMT
3 min Brugge 0 Villa 0
As Lucy Ward notes, Morgan Rogers is playing on the left with McGinn central. Brugge fire a long right to left diagonal by Seys I think. Konsa appeals for offside but Tzolis, once of Norwich City, is fine and he takes the ball down with nice poise and then fires a cross through the six-yard box. No one made the run he required.
05:48 PM GMT
1 min Brugge 0 Villa 0
Brugge kick off, attacking from left to right. Always a decent atmosphere at Jan Breyer and the home fans are making a racket. The ball, knocked long, is picked off by Martinez and Villa start to attack. Tielemans’ every touch is jeered and booed.
05:46 PM GMT
First a minute’s silence
For the victims of the floods in Valencia.
05:45 PM GMT
Early doors
With a trip to Premier League leaders Liverpool ahead on Saturday, Aston Villa will want to finish the job early here tonight so Unai Emery can rest his stars.
The likes of John McGinn, Ollie Watkins, Morgan Rogers, Youri Tielemans and Ezri Konsa all start here in Bruges but you sense will be invaluable at Anfield.
By the way, Tielemans was loudly booed before kick-off by the home supporters, due to his past association with bitter rivals Anderlecht.
Villa’s league form remains the priority for Emery with a top-four finish the main objective again this season.
05:43 PM GMT
Out come the teams
Brugge in their home kit of royal blue and black, Villa have come as Leeds United (and their boys of 82) in all white.
05:32 PM GMT
Unai Emery speaks to TNT Sports
I have told them to keep going and try to get balance. this competition is special. We are trying to build a team. Tonight is a match to enjoy and compete. We respect the opponent, they’re feeling strong with their supporters at home and this is the challenge tonight.
A clean sheet is the first step forward.
05:29 PM GMT
Simon Mignolet speaks to TNT Sports
When we play at home we always play to win even against a team like Aston Villa who have won all their three games. Villa have a really good squad and play a really attractive style. It will be a real challenge for us but we want to go through, too, it will be a test but we will do our best.
We played well [in the three games so far] but were not efficient. We have to do that tonight and try to save the clean sheet which will not be easy.
Brugge are another of those teams who play You’ll Never Walk Alone, the Gerry Marsden version, in the build-up to kick-off. Abd are belting it out now.
05:22 PM GMT
All eyes on Villa’s defemce
Tyrone Mings is making his Champions League debut here in Bruges tonight, and all eyes will be on Aston Villa’s defence after a shaky seven days.
Villa have won their first three Champions League matches without conceding a goal, yet their defensive record in domestic competitions this season has not proved as impressive.
Despite a transformational two years in charge, the past week has been a rare low point for Unai Emery, with the bitterly disappointing Carabao Cup exit against Crystal Palace followed by a second-half collapse at Tottenham and 4-1 defeat.
A win here tonight will virtually assure Villa a place in the knockout phases, though, and that will be some achievement.
04:51 PM GMT
And now for those of you watching in black and white
Club Brugge Mignolet, Seys, Ordonez, Mechele, De Cuyper, Jashari, Nielsen, Skov Olsen, Vanaken, Tzolis, Jutgla.
Substitutes Jackers, Romero, Vetlesen, Meijer, Vermant, Skoras, Siquet, Spileers, Sabbe, Talbi.
Aston Villa Martinez, Konsa, Diego Carlos, Mings, Maatsen, Kamara, Tielemans, Bailey, Rogers, McGinn, Watkins.
Substitutes Gauci, Olsen, Duran, Buendia, Digne, Torres, Philogene-Bidace, Nedeljkovic, Onana, Bogarde, Ramsey, Swinkels.
Referee Tobias Stieler (Germany)
04:44 PM GMT
Seven more points
Unai Emery has set his Aston Villa players a target of seven more points to extend their Champions League adventure to the round of 16.
Villa have made a stunning start to Europe’s elite competition, on their return after an absence of over 40 years, and are on the brink of reaching the second knockout phase.
Emery has guided Villa to three successive wins, including a statement victory over Bundesliga giants Bayern Munich, and beating Club Brugge on Tuesday night will virtually secure a top-eight finish in the rebranded format.
With Emery’s priority finishing in the Premier League’s top-four, Villa will bypass the round of 32 if they can reach his target in their final five group matches.
“The expectation to be in the top-eight is maybe 16 or 17 points, and if we win on Tuesday then clearly we can be a contender,” he said.
“At the beginning of the competition we weren’t favourites to be there. It’s not a big surprise but it’s a surprise.
“The main objective is to build a team, be demanding and consistent. We are not feeling pressure and the most important thing is to be competitive and get as many points as we can.”
Villa will be without the injured Ross Barkley and Matty Cash, while centre-back Tyrone Mings is in line to make his Champions League debut after a long injury lay-off.
Emery is likely to make a number of changes to his starting XI, ahead of the trip to Premier League leaders Liverpool on Saturday.
Club Brugge have lost their last three home Champions League matches, failing to score in each game while conceding nine goals.
04:40 PM GMT
Mings making Champions League debut among five changes
Here's how we line-up to take on Club Brugge 📋#UCL || #UpTheVilla pic.twitter.com/2D4sWWjjg8
— Aston Villa (@AVFCOfficial) November 6, 2024
Out go Cash, Torres, Digne, Ramsey and Onana for Mings, Diego Carlos, Maatsen, Kamara and Bailey.
04:33 PM GMT
Club Brugge starting XI
Eleven warriors. One goal. 🛡️⚽️#CLUAVL #UCL #PlayForUnforgettable pic.twitter.com/hKEq2qhuqs
— Club Brugge KV (@ClubBrugge) November 6, 2024
04:31 PM GMT
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04:22 PM GMT
Preview: ‘Very intense’
Good evening and welcome to live coverage of the Champions League tie between Club Brugge and Aston Villa from Jan Breydelstadion, home of the Belgian champions. This is Villa’s first visit to Belgium for a competitive match since 1982 when their 0-0 draw with Anderlecht in the European Cup semi-final put them on the road to immortality in Rotterdam a month later.
They come into this early kick-off in rude health in this competition, starting the match in fifth place in the 36-team league following victories over Young Boys, Bayern Munich and Bologna and victory here would put them up with Liverpool on maximum points and separated only on goal difference. Yes, they have lost their last two matches in defeats by Crystal Palace in the League Cup and Tottenham in the Premier League but they played very impressively in the latter and the scoreline is more than a little deceptive. Unai Emery is certain of a reaction from his players, saying last night that they are “very motivated. And [against], Brugge, maybe we can feel something like when we were playing against Bayern Munich at home, how we were feeling with our supporters, our motivation and playing 100 per cent focused and very intense, very competitive.”
Brugge, champions in four of the past five seasons, started poorly in the Pro League but have recovered to climb to second behind Genk, having lost to the leaders and Standard Liege in the opening weeks of the season. They have managed one win from three in this competition, good enough only for 27th after sandwiching their victory over Sturm Graz with defeats by Borussia Dortmund and Milan. With matches at Celtic Park and the Etihad to come, they will become familiar foes over the winter months, though in Christos Tzolis, Dedryk Boyata and Simon Mignolet they already have some recognisable faces.
