FA Cup 3rd round draw: Arsenal face Sunderland while Tottenham host Leicester City

FA Cup holders Arsenal will face Sam Allardyce's Sunderland in the third round of the competition

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Arsenal begin the defence of their FA Cup crown by hosting Sunderland at the Emirates next month. The Gunners, who have won the competition for the past two seasons, play the Black Cats in the third round on the weekend of 8, 9 and 10 January.

Arsenal's 4-0 thrashing of Aston Villa in May's FA Cup final was a record twelfth victory for the north London club (one more than Manchester United), and victory this season would equal the achievement of Blackburn Rovers, the only club to have won three consecutive titles.

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