The Champions League draw is to be redone at 2pm GMT after an extraordinary error involving Manchester United.

United were drawn to face Paris Saint-Germain in the last 16 but only after they had been wrongly pulled out to face Villarreal and then excluded from the possibility of meeting Atletico Madrid.

Video evidence also showed that Liverpool had been incorrectly placed in the bowl to face Atletico when the teams were ineligible to meet having been in the same group.

Uefa said in a statement: “Following a technical problem with the software of an external service provider that instructs the officials as to which teams are eligible to play each other, a material error occurred in the draw for the Uefa Champions League round of 16. As a result of this, the draw has been declared void and will be entirely redone at 1500 CET.”

United were initially drawn to face Villarreal, whom they met in the group stage and were therefore unable to play in the last 16. Uefa officials corrected the mistake and Andrey Arshavin pulled Manchester City’s name from the bowl. But in the draw for the next tie, against Atletico, Uefa’s deputy general secretary, Giorgio Marchetti, incorrectly stated that United had already been drawn and their ball did not appear to be placed in the bowl with those eligible to play Diego Simeone’s team.

United did not challenge what took place but left Uefa to make its decision to redraw. Atletico, drawn to face Bayern Munich, had said they were in talks with the governing body seeking “explanations and a solution after the mistakes made”.

The United-PSG draw had provided various notable storylines, including Cristiano Ronaldo being due to face Lionel Messi and Mauricio Pochettino coming up against the team he is known to be interested in managing next season.

The other Premier League clubs were dealt less mouthwatering ties, with Chelsea drawn to continue their defence of the trophy against Lille, City asked to play Villarreal and Liverpool due to take on Red Bull Salzburg. The other ties had been: Atletico Madrid v Bayern Munich, Internazionale v Ajax, Sporting v Juventus and Benfica v Real Madrid.