Aston Villa vs PSG viewers spot embarrassing blunder seconds before Champions League clash

officials were left red-faced on Tuesday evening - after the anthem was accidentally played before 's quarter-final clash against Paris Saint-Germain. Anticipation was building inside Villa Park in what was one of the biggest games in the club's history.

But supporters could have been forgiven for thinking they were playing in a different competition.

As both sets of players lined up, everyone inside the ground was expecting to hear the classic anthem by Tony Britten. But Amazon Prime viewers noticed there had been a huge gaffe when the wrong music started playing.

players looked visibly dumbstruck during the strange moment, as Ousmane Dembele was seen making a confused face, while Vitinha was seen glancing at his team-mates.

Luckily, at the last minute the correct Champions League anthem was played for a brief time period - but it didn't do anything to cover up the mistake.

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Fans were left similarly baffled on social media as they questioned what had happened to result in such a mix-up.

One supporter decided to poke fun at as they tweeted: "Madness! Did Villa hire the Man United DJ who played the Europa League anthem instead of UCL’s?"

Another added: "One of the biggest nights in their history and someone plays the Europa League anthem instead of the Champions League one at Villa Park. That is hilarious."

It was a disastrous start to the evening for Villa as Achraf Hakimi opened the scoring for PSG in the first 11 minutes, before Nuno Mendes doubled their lead 20 minutes later to make it 5-1 on aggregate.

A third fan wrote: "Villa treated to the Europa League theme music when the players came out instead of the CL anthem, then 0-1 down in 11 minutes (1-4 aggregate). All quite sad really."

Villa fans were given a faint hope just before half time as Youri Tielemans' strike was deflected in - with Emery's men still having a mountain to climb.

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