Jason Cummings has opened up on his penalty howler for Mohun Bagan that went viral for all the wrong reasons.

The former Hibernian and Rangers frontman tried a cheeky pass to a teammate from the spot, but an opposition Maziya defender read the trick shot.

Embarrassingly for Cummings, who had already scored in the match, the ball ended up going out for a corner when he had the chance to double his tally.

On the incident, Cummings said: “We tried something new, me and Dimitri worked on it but obviously the other player read it. 

“These things happen, it’s just about the character and getting back into the game and I finally got the winner. 

“In the end the most important thing is to win the game, we won 2-1 and got three points and we’re top of the league in the group so these are the positives.”

Cummings' manager Juan Ferrando was not impressed by the stunt as he hit out at his players.

He added: “This was the players' decision, they are the ones on the field. 

“They make decisions on these things at the moment. 

“Maybe they got overconfident. They thought of it because they were confident. Maybe next time they think two times before they kick the penalty. 

“But I’m happy with the reaction of my team. For me, that is most important.”

Johan Cruyff famously pulled off the penalty assist, and others have managed it too such as Lionel Messi and Luis Saurez at Barcelona.

Others like Robert Pires and Thierry Henry complicated matters, much to the anger of Arsene Wenger back in the Highbury days at Arsenal and Cummings has joined their esteemed company.

The striker would go on to grab a second in the match and atone for his error, which ultimately proved to be the winner for Mohun Bagan in the 92nd minute.