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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.

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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

7 MINS

Pochettino's men continue to control the rhythm of the game, but are yet to break through the Villa defence. 

Alderweireld attempts a long ball through ball to Davies but the pass is too powerful. Goal kick.

Joe Miles8 January 2017 16:09

10 MINS

It's a steady start from both clubs, with Villa working hard yet seeing very little of possession. 

Tottenham are just pinging the ball around the defensive third, with very little threat going forward. Son moves up the field with possession, but once again the through ball to Davies fails miserably. 

Joe Miles8 January 2017 16:12

12 MINS

Janssen makes himself space and delivers a powerful left-footed cross into the box, but the danger is just cleared by Bacuna. If the Villa defender had missed that, Trippier was waiting behind him - ready to pounce. 

Joe Miles8 January 2017 16:13

15 MINS

Agbonlahor beats Alderweireld to the ball on the touchline and uses his strength efficiently. He stands strong and delivers the ball into the danger zone, but there are no Villa shirts inside of the box to finish the move. 

Joe Miles8 January 2017 16:16

18 MINS

Villa win a free kick in the Tottenham half, with Carter-Vickers pushing Agbonlahor to the ground for an obvious foul. 

Grealish delivers the ball, but it's dealt with by Davies. Villa corner. 

Joe Miles8 January 2017 16:19

21 MINS

Janssen begins a move for Spurs, but Villa have so many players behind the ball that is tremendously difficult to break through.

Winks is taken down by Grealish outside of the penalty area - free kick to Tottenham.

Joe Miles8 January 2017 16:22

22 MINS 

Winks delivers the ball into the danger zone, but Johnstone sprints off the line and punches the ball to safety. No sign of an attacking head from Spurs. 

Joe Miles8 January 2017 16:22

24 MINS

Sissoko lays off Dier, who goes for a long back-post cross to find Trippier. Once again, the ball is too heavy and it goes off for a goal kick. Nonetheless, it's a clever idea from Spurs and it feels like it's only a matter of time before they break the deadlock. 

Joe Miles8 January 2017 16:25

27 MINS

Tottenham break forward with Son leading the attack but Baker slides in with a tremendous tackle to redeem possession and relieve his goalkeeper. 

Joe Miles8 January 2017 16:27

29 MINS

Bacuna goes for an ambitious strike from distance, but it's straight into the path of Vorm who easily collects the danger. They're going to have to do better than that if they want to beat the 33-year-old keeper on home turf.

Joe Miles8 January 2017 16:30

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