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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 11:54 GMT
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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

51 MINS

Trippier delivers a perfect ball into the box and it falls at the feet of Son, who controls it then miss-hits it. It's a dismal attempt and is arguably Tottenham's best attempt of the game so far. 

Joe Miles8 January 2017 17:08

54 MINS

Winks dispossess Grealish and starts a Spurs move, but his final cross into the box is dealt with by Chester. Positive stuff from Winks.  

Joe Miles8 January 2017 17:10

56 MINS

Tottenham relentlessly attack the Villa defence, but there is no budging for Bruce's men. 

Much to the relief of the home fans, Alli appears to be warming up.

Joe Miles8 January 2017 17:14

59 MINS

Substitution: Janssen is replaced by Alli.

Janssen done well today - his work rate was faultless. Nonetheless, i'm sure the Spurs fans will welcome the introduction of Ali with open arms. 

Joe Miles8 January 2017 17:16

62 MINS

Son breaks through with a burst of pace and fires a tremendous strike, but it's outweighed by Johnstone's aesthetically pleasing save to safety.

Joe Miles8 January 2017 17:19

64 MINS

Baker has gone to ground after falling awkwardly. He is currently receiving treatment on the pitch. 

Joe Miles8 January 2017 17:20

66 MINS

A goalmouth scramble is the result of a Grealish free-kick, with Agbonlahor coming close to breaking the deadlock. 

Joe Miles8 January 2017 17:23

68 MINS

Winks goes for goal from distance, but the deflected strike is saved by Johnstone. It's end-to-end stuff right now. 

Joe Miles8 January 2017 17:25

70 MINS

Substitution: Alderweireld is replaced by N'Koudou.

Joe Miles8 January 2017 17:26

71 MINS

GOAL

TOTTENHAM 1 - 0 ASTON VILLA

Davies has broke the deadlock for the home side, with the substitute N'Koudou delivering the assist just seconds after his introduction. It's a great header from the Spurs man, leaving Johnstone helpless. Their persistence has paid off, at last.

Joe Miles8 January 2017 17:28

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