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Tottenham vs Aston Villa - as it happened: Spurs hold off visitors to book spot in FA Cup fourth round

Re-live all the action from today's FA Cup third round fixtures

Joe Miles
Sunday 08 January 2017 06:54 EST
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Tottenham take on Aston Villa at White Hart Lane
Tottenham take on Aston Villa at White Hart Lane (Getty)

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The FA Cup remains in full swing with six more games to be played today.

Cardiff welcome fellow Championship side Fulham to the Cardiff City Stadium to kick Sunday's procedures off.

That game is followed by Liverpool vs Plymouth Argyle at 1.30pm. With just one major upset from Saturday's results, with Millwall claiming a surprise 3-0 over Bournemouth, Derek Adams' men have the opportunity to pull off what would arguably be one of the biggest shock wins of the tournament yet.

Chelsea vs Peterborough and Middlesbrough vs Sheffield Wednesday follows at 3.00pm before Tottenham round-up today's action as they take on Aston Villa at 4.00pm.

Follow the live action below...

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Saturday's FA Cup third round results:

Manchester United 4 Reading 0

Accrington Stanley 2 Luton Town 1

Barrow 0 Rochdale 2

Birmingham City 1 Newcastle United 1

Blackpool 0 Barnsley 0

Bolton 0 Crystal Palace 0

Brentford 5 Eastleigh 1

Brighton and Hove Albion 2 MK Dons 0

Bristol City 0 Fleetwood Town 0

Everton 1 Leicester City 2

Huddersfield Town 4 Port Vale 0

Hull City 2 Swansea City 0

Ipswich Town 2 Lincoln City 2

Millwall 3 Bournemouth 0

Norwich City 2 Southampton 2

Queens Park Rangers 1 Blackburn Rovers 2

Rotherham United 2 Oxford United 3

Stoke City 0 Wolverhampton Wanderers 2

Sunderland 0 Burnley 0

Sutton United 0 AFC Wimbledon 0

Watford 2 Burton Albion 0

West Bromwich Albion 1 Derby County 2

Wigan Athletic 2 Nottingham Forest 0

Wycombe Wanderers 2 Stourbridge 1

Preston North End 1 Arsenal 2

74 MINS

Dier goes for goal from the free-kick on the edge of the box, but it's a dismal attempt. It flies straight into the wall. 

Joe Miles8 January 2017 17:29

76 MINS

Trippier has gone to ground following a clash with N'Koudou. 

Joe Miles8 January 2017 17:31

77 MINS

Substitution: 

Albert Adomah is replaced by Andre Green

Gabriel Agbonlahor is replaced by Kelnan Davis

Mile Jedinak is replaced by Ross McCormack

Joe Miles8 January 2017 17:34

80 MINS

TOTTENHAM 2 - 0 ASTON VILLA 

N'Koudou assisted Son to double Spurs tally to surely secure their place in the fourth round. There was some great build up play from the home side, capped off with a tremendous finish from the 24-year-old. 

Joe Miles8 January 2017 17:38

83 MINS

Substitution: Sissoko is replaced by Onomah. 

Joe Miles8 January 2017 17:40

86 MINS

Spurs look comfortable now, with a number of individual impressive performances carrying the side into the fourth round. They continue to progress up the pitch, with Villa showing no sign of a comeback yet. 

Joe Miles8 January 2017 17:43

89 MINS

Grealish goes to ground following a tough challenge on the edge of the box. This could be their last chance for a return. 

McCormack stands over the set piece. 

Joe Miles8 January 2017 17:44

89 MINS

The free kick flies over the bar, failing to test Johnstone. 

Joe Miles8 January 2017 17:45

90 MINS

There will be three minutes of additional time. 

Joe Miles8 January 2017 17:46

FULL TIME

TOTTENHAM 2 - 0 ASTON VILLA 

It's all over at White Hart Lane, with Tottenham's two late goals securing their position in the fourth round. It was a ponderous display in the first half, with relentless efforts stopped by the Villa defence. However, the words of Pochettino at half-time appeared to do the trick and goals from Davies and Son sent Villa packing. 

It was far from pretty, but a win is a win. 

That's all of the FA Cup action over for the day, with some surprising results packed in there. 

That's all from us at The Independent, but make sure to tune in next week for our live Premier League blogs.

Joe Miles8 January 2017 17:51

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