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Published: 21:32 | 17/1/17

FA Cup: Burnley beat Sunderland

Crystal Palace set up meeting with Manchester City

Sam Vokes and Andre Gray were on the scoresheet as Burnley beat Sunderland 2-0 at Turf Moor to set up an FA Cup fourth-round meeting with Bristol City.

Wales' international Vokes opened the scoring a minute before the break with a header from Tendayi Darikwa's cross, then Gray calmly netted the second seven minutes from the end with a calm finish from George Boyd's clever knockdown.

Burnley goalkeeper Nick Pope made a fine stop in injury-time to keep out a Sebastian Larsson free-kick and earn himself a clean-sheet bonus.

The Clarets face Championship strugglers Bristol City, 1-0 winners at Fleetwood Town on Tuesday night, at Turf Moor on 28 January.

Substitute Christian Benteke netted twice, as Crystal Palace fought back from 1-0 down to beat Bolton Wanderers 2-1 in the FA Cup third-round replay at Selhurst Park.

The Eagles will now host Manchester City on 29 January in the fourth round, after their victory over Phil Parkinson's League One high-fliers.

James Henry gave Bolton the lead on 48 minutes with a curling shot, but Belgium international Benteke levelled midway through the second half with a header from Mathieu Flamini's cross, before netting the winner on 78 minutes with a cool finish from Andros Townsend's pass.

Non-league Sutton United will host Leeds United in the FA Cup fourth round after a 3-1 replay win over 10-man League One side AFC Wimbledon at Kingsmeadow.

Tom Elliott gave Wimbledon the lead with a header from Dean Parrett's free-kick after 10 minutes, but the Dons went down to ten men five minutes later after Paul Robinson was shown a red card for bringing down Matt Tubbs.

The National League side levelled on 75 minutes through Roarie Deacon's piledriver, then Maxime Biamou and Dean Fitchett scored in injury-time to set up a £300,000 payday against Garry Monk's Championship side.

Another non-league side, Lincoln City, will join Sutton in the fourth round after a last-gasp 1-0 victory over Championship side Ipswich Town at Sincil Bank.

Nathan Arnold netted an injury-time winner against a side 59 places above them in the football pyramid, to set up a fourth-round home tie against Brighton on 28 January.

It will be Lincoln's first time in the fourth round since 1975-76, when they were managed by Graham Taylor.

Bright Osayi-Samuel scored a 120th-minute winner as League Two Blackpool beat Barnsley of the Championship 2-1 after extra-time in their FA Cup third-round replay at Oakwell.

Kelvin Mellor gave Blackpool the lead on the half-hour mark, but the home side levelled on 49 minutes when Angus MacDonald scored Conor Hourihane's corner.

But Osayi-Samuel netted late in extra-time to set up an all-Lancashire tie against Blackburn Rovers at ewood Park on 28 January.

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