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UEFA investigate Champions League draw after Manchester United mistake

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UEFA are investigating Monday morning's Champions League last-16 draw after Manchester United were erroneously picked to face Villarreal before being then pitted up against Paris Saint-Germain.

United have not challenged the draw but are awaiting clarification from UEFA. The rules of the draw state that no two clubs from the same country could be drawn against each other, nor could two clubs that had faced each other in the group stages, meaning United should have avoided Group F opponents Villarreal.

However, former Arsenal man Andrey Arshavin, who was helping make the draw alongside UEFA head of club competitions Michael Heselschwerdt and UEFA deputy general secretary Giorgio Marchetti, pulled United out of the club pot to be paired with

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