Aston Villa boss Unai Emery rages at officials after 'wrong player comes off' in huge gaffe
Aston Villa boss Unai Emery was absolutely fuming on the touchline after the wrong player was taken off in their Champions League match against Young Boys.
In a triple-substitute late into the contest with Villa 3-0 up, Emery wanted to being Amadou Onana off after he just scored the third of the match.
But the fourth official put the wrong number up on the board, leading the wrong player coming off.
By the time the substitute had happened, it was too late and the officials could only apologise for the error.
Unai Emery wanted to bring Amadou Onana off
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Not that this appeased Emery, who could be seen going wild on the touchline at the match-day officials.
While the incident left the Spanish coach furious, he could only be delighted by his side's performance.
Villa crushed Young Boys 3-0 in Bern to make it a winning debut in the Champions League.
Youri Tielemans netted the opener after 27 minutes from a well-worked corner routine.
And Jacob Ramsey doubled the lead 10 minutes later before Ollie Watkins had an effort controversially ruled out for handball just before half-time.
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Young Boys could not get into the contest after the break with Jhon Duran coming on to prove a handful.
The Colombian had an excellent finish ruled out after Onana had handled in the build-up.
The striker jumped onto the advertising boards and coaxed the crowd, leading to jeers and boos, and there was a loud cheer when the goal was ruled out by VAR.
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Unai Emery saw his side win 3-0 over Young Boys
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But Onana quietened the Wankdorf Stadium soon after with a brilliant effort from outside the box just before he was supposed to come off.
It was his third goal in five matches for Villa since making the move from Everton to continue his brilliant start to life in Brum.
Aston Villa will have sterner tests in the Champions League this season but it has been the perfect start.
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And they will feel much better about the three points considering their first home match this season in the competition will see them host Bayern Munich.
Harry Kane and co are desperate to win the Champions League this season with new boss Vincent Kompany at the helm and are considered one of the favourites.