Having originally drawn Cristiano Ronaldo's Manchester United against Lionel Messi's Paris St Germain in the last 16 of the Champions League UEFA have announced they are to redo the draw after a mistake in the process.
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Confusion began when United were first erroneously drawn against Villarreal - a side they had already been paired with in Group F.
UEFA deputy general secretary Giorgio Marchetti apologised for the "technical issue our draw is experiencing" before asking former Arsenal forward Andrey Arshavin to try again, and this time it was neighbours Manchester City who were paired with the Yellow Submarine.
When Atletico Madrid were the next side to be drawn, Marchetti said: "For Atletico Madrid, the possibility are all [teams] except for Liverpool, who was in the same group, and Manchester United as they were already drawn."
But as United's drawing was a mistake, they should still have been potential opponents for Atletico. UEFA's head of club competitions Michael Heselschwerdt began collecting balls to put in the pot, but compounded the error by appearing to take a ball from Liverpool's pot rather than United's.
Atletico were ultimately handed a tough draw against six-time winners Bayern Munich
The Spanish champions then tweeted they had asked Uefa for 'explanations and solution after the mistakes made' in the draw.
Ninety minutes after the draw began UEFA said they would redraw at 1500 Central European Time (0100 AEDT).
ORIGINAL CHAMPIONS LEAGUE LAST 16 DRAW: NOW VOIDED
Ajax Amsterdam v Inter Milan
Bayern Munich v Atletico Madrid
Juventus v Sporting Lisbon
Liverpool v RB Salzburg
Lille v Chelsea
Manchester City v Villarreal
Manchester United v Paris St Germain
Real Madrid v Benfica
Australian Associated Press
