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FA Cup third round draw: Arsenal and Man City face top-flight opponents

Arsenal will face fellow Premier League side Sunderland in the third round of the FA Cup, while Manchester City travel to Norwich.

Tottenham will host Leicester City twice in the same week after they were drawn together on Monday, while Manchester United are set to face Sheffield United.

All of the Premier League and Championship teams enter the competition at this stage.

Jose Mourinho's struggling Chelsea received a bit of a break -- a home tie against the winners of a replay between League One's Scunthorpe and League Two's Leyton Orient.

League Two's Exeter City were given the round's glamour draw, at home against Liverpool.

Seventh-division Salford City, owned by Manchester United's "Class of '92" stars, will host Derby County should they get through their second-round replay at Hartlepool United.

Watford will host Newcastle, while Southampton host Crystal Palace in the other matchups between Premier League sides.

Leeds United will face local rivals Rotherham in a match where both managers -- Steve Evans and Neil Redfearn -- have previously led the other club.

Part-timers Whitehawk were handed a possible trip to Everton. The sixth-tier side, who are on their best run in the competition in their history, will make the trip to Goodison Park if they get through their second-round replay against League Two Dagenham & Redbridge at home.

Whitehawk manager Steve King had admitted before the draw that he was hoping to be given the chance to take on Liverpool. And afterwards, regarding the prospect of facing Everton instead, King told the BBC: "I wanted the Reds but I got the Blues. But we ain't got the blues."

Ties to be played the weekend of Jan. 9:

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