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Champions League draw overshadowed by controversy after Manchester United mistake

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Monday's Champions League draw has been overshadowed by controversy after Manchester United appeared to be mistakenly excluded for a brief period.

Former Arsenal player Andriy Arshavin and UEFA head of club competitions Michael Heselschwerdt was tasked with picking the balls, and in a rare mistake saw United drawn against Villarreal, with whom they had already faced in the group stage.

As such, the tie was invalid and Arshavin was told to pick a fresh opponent for Villarreal, which happened to be Manchester City.

UEFA deputy general secretary Giorgio Marchetti apologised for the "technical issue our draw is experiencing", having: "kindly asked for the name of City to be put next to Villarreal." The ball containing United's name appeared to

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