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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

FULL TIME

LIVERPOOL 0 - 0 PLYMOUTH

Plymouth have done exactly what they intended to do here at Anfield today - they have secured the replay on home turf against Klopp's men. Liverpool dominated in the first half, with the Plymouth players rarely even getting a touch on the ball. However, the visitors appeared to step it up a gear in the second half and defended relentlessly throughout. 

We are set to witness an incredibly exhilarating replay between the two clubs and the travelling fans will be more than satisfied with the level result at the final whistle. However, the Liverpool fans will believe that they deserve so much more from their display today.

Up next, stay tuned for all the goals from the remainder of today's fixtures. 

Joe Miles8 January 2017 15:27

29 MINS

CHELSEA 1 -  0 ASTON VILLA

Pedro comes close to doubling his tally, but he is denied by the woodwork, following  a strike from Loftus-Cheek.

Joe Miles8 January 2017 15:39

43 MINS

CHELSEA 2 - 0 PETERBOROUGH

GOAL!

Batshuayi has doubled the home sides tally just before the interval. Ivanovic's delivery into the box was nudged into the path of the 23-year-old to poke it home.

Joe Miles8 January 2017 15:48

HALF TIME 

CHELSEA 2 - 0 PETERBOROUGH

Conte's men enter the interval with a two-goal advantage, so the visitors have got a mountain to climb in the second half.

Can they do it? We'll see.

Joe Miles8 January 2017 15:50

Up next, Tottenham host Aston Villa at White Hart Lane as the two sides battle to secure a place in the fourth-round.

Stay tuned for live minute-by-minute updates.

Joe Miles8 January 2017 15:53

Here is how the two sides will line up today for the 14:00 kick-off: 

Joe Miles8 January 2017 15:55
Joe Miles8 January 2017 15:57

Tottenham kick-off to begin the fixture.

Game on!

Joe Miles8 January 2017 16:00

3 MINS

Tottenham attempt to assert an early dominance over the visitors, but Bruce's men look energetic and up for the contest. 

Joe Miles8 January 2017 16:03

4 MINS

Sissoko drives forward with a tremendous run and he leaves the Villa defenders quaking in their boots. The home fans will be hoping to see more of that today from the 27-year-old powerhouse.

Joe Miles8 January 2017 16:05

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