1 Dimitar Berbatov Manchester United 11
2 Carlos Tévez Manchester City 9
Andrew Carroll Newcastle United 9
4 Tim Cahill Everton 8
Johan Elmander Bolton Wanderers 8
6 Kevin Nolan Newcastle United 7
Darren Bent Sunderland 7
Florent Malouda Chelsea 7
Marouane Chamakh Arsenal 7
10 Kevin Davies Bolton Wanderers 6
The FA Cup third round draw has thrown up a few mouth-watering encounters, including Manchester United at home to Liverpool.
The two North West giants have taken the trophy on 18 times between them and will rekindle their fierce rivalry at Old Trafford in the only all Premier League tie.
United were stunned on home soil by Leeds at this stage of the competition last season and the Whites will have their sights set on another prized scalp when they go to Arsenal.
Elsewhere, cup holders Chelsea are set to face Roy Keane's Ipswich at Stamford Bridge.
Manchester City face a trip to Sven Goran Eriksson's Leicester and Tottenham will host Charlton or Luton.
FC United of Manchester still have to see off Brighton in a replay if their dream run is to continue, but the reward for either side will be a home date with Portsmouth.
Crawley could also find themselves at home in the next round, with Derby lying in wait if they can make it past Swindon.
Of the other non-league sides, Dover head to League One high-fliers Huddersfield and York face a trip to top flight Bolton.
FA Cup third round draw in full:
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
Sheffield Utd v Aston Villa
Leicester v Man City
Bolton v York
Blackburn v QPR
Swansea v Colchester
Wycombe v Hereford or Lincoln
Stevenage v Newcastle
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
Man 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.
Political infighting at Bayern Munich has left a chance for Manchester United to nab German goalkeeper Manuel Nauer.
Nauer reportedly burnt his bridges at Schalke after slamming his squad for their 5-0 loss to Kaiserslautern and claiming that they could be relegated this season.
Initially both Bayern Munich and United looked the forerunners for Germany's number one, but according to recent reports in the Daily Mail conflict at the Allianz Arena has left United with a good chance at snapping up Nauer.
It was reported that Bayern president Uli Hoeness and chairman Karl-Heinz Rummenigge are at odds with Louis Van Gaal regarding the purchase of Neuer, with the combative Van Gaal adament that the club should stick with 22-year-old prospect Thomas Kraft, who played well during his Champions League debut against Roma.
The German number one is under contract until 2012 and valued at £16million, and Ferguson is looking for an experienced goalkeeper to take Edwin van der Sar's first team place. The Scot recently signed Danish keeper Anders Lingegaard from Aalsunds for £3.5m.
Barcelona boss Pep Guardiola will resist any potential future approach from Chelsea - because he wants to work alongside Sir Alex Ferguson at Manchester United.
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