FOOTBALL: Champions League draw eventually made after 'technical error'
The draw for the last 16 of the Champions League has been completed at the second time of asking.
UEFA said a 'technical error' was at fault for the earlier draw.
Three hours after the first draw took place, officials tried again in Nyon, with UEFA deputy general secretary Giorgio Marchetti opening with an apology for the earlier mistakes.
"As many of you will have noticed there were some errors made in the original draw caused by a malfunction of the software which went through an outside provider to tell us which teams are eligible to be drawn against each other," he said.
"After the draw the external independent auditor couldn't guarantee the problem with the IT did not exist from the start and as a result the full draw needs to be redone."
Manchester United have been handed another tough tie in the last 16 of the Champions League after being paired with Atletico Madrid in the second attempt at the draw.
Manchester City will take on Sporting Lisbon, while Liverpool will head to Inter Milan.
Defending champions Chelsea will face Lille - the only fixture to be a repeat of one drawn earlier on Monday before that result was declared void due to software errors.