5 Dec 2011

City to play United in FA Cup third round in New Year

5:56 pm on 5 December 2011

Holders Manchester City will play bitter rivals Manchester United in the third round of English football's FA Cup.

City beat United 1-nil in the semi-finals last season.

The tie will be one of only two all-Premier League encounters in the third round, with Newcastle hosting Blackburn in the other.

While in today's premier league matches Wolverhampton Wanderers have beaten Sunderland 2-1, to move four points clear of the bottom three in the competition.

Stoke moved to eighth with a one nil win over Everton.