Why Emi Martinez was not sent off despite being booked twice against Lille

Aston Villa's penalty shoot-out hero Emi Martinez was not sent off at Lille in Thursday's Europa Conference League quarter-final despite being booked twice.

Villa won the game on penalties after Lille beat them 2-1 in the second leg to bring the aggregate score to 3-3 at the end of extra-time.

Martinez, who had initially been cautioned in the 39th minute, looked set to receive his marching orders during the shoot-out when referee Ivan Kruzliak brandished a second yellow card for his gamesmanship.

However, the Villa goalkeeper was allowed to stay on the pitch, causing confusion around the Stade Pierre-Mauroy, before saving the decisive penalty.

The official was simply following the laws of the game, though, with IFAB stipulating that bookings are not carried through to penalties.

The rule states: "Yellow cards and warnings from the game are not carried forward into penalties but a player who was shown a red card during the game cannot take part.

"Players, substitutes, substituted players and team officials can get a red or yellow card during penalties."

Asked about the incident, Martinez told TNT Sports: "I get booked after 30 minutes and we're losing the game so I don't know what the referee wanted for me.

"In the shootout, there was no ball on the penalty spot and I was asking for a ball from the ball boy... and then I get booked.