ENGLISH FA CUP:MANCHESTER UNITED will face bitter rivals Liverpool at Old Trafford in the third round of the FA Cup. It is the only all-Premier League tie in a draw that also sees Leeds United travel to Arsenal, holders Chelsea face Ipswich and Stevenage play Newcastle.
Sven-Goran Eriksson’s Leicester City host his former club Manchester City, while non-league duo York and Dover are away at Bolton and Huddersfield respectively.
The stand-out tie at Old Trafford will be the ninth post-war meeting between Manchester United and Liverpool in the competition, with United victorious in seven of the previous eight.
However, the last time they met, in a fifth-round tie in 2006, seven-time Cup winners Liverpool recorded their first FA Cup win over United in 85 years.
THE DRAW
Third round
Burnley v Port Vale; Coventry v Crystal Palace; Bristol City v Sheffield Wednesday; Fulham v Peterborough; Doncaster v Wolves; Brighton or FC United of Manchester v Portsmouth; Huddersfield v Dover Athletic; Crawley Town or Swindon v Derby; West Ham v Barnsley; Reading v West Brom; Arsenal v Leeds Utd; Sheffield Utd v Aston Villa; Leicester v Manchester City; Bolton v York; Blackburn v QPR; Swansea v Colchester; Wycombe v Hereford or Lincoln; Stevenage v Newcastle Utd; Burton Albion v Middlesbrough; Millwall v Birmingham; Southampton v Blackpool; Watford v Hartlepool or Yeovil; Chelsea v Ipswich; Sunderland v Notts County or Bournemouth; Scunthorpe v Everton; Manchester Utd v Liverpool; Hull v Wigan; Stoke v Cardiff; Tottenham v Charlton or Luton; Preston v Nottingham Forest; Norwich v Droylsden or Leyton Orient; Torquay v Carlisle.
Matches to be played the weekend of January 8th and 9th.
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