Tim Sherwood walked calmly over and shook hands with Brendan Rodgers and the Liverpool manager’s backroom staff at the final whistle, embraced a couple of his own coaches with no hint of what was to come and then the euphoria took over. Running down the touchline, punching his fist, the Villa manager could not contain his delight as he celebrated, with a grin from ear to ear, in front of 32,000 delirious supporters. Who could blame him?
This was a day for Sherwood, his players and those long-suffering Villa fans to cherish. Rank outsiders beforehand – the bookmakers had Villa as long as 5/1 – Sherwood’s side produced a performance full of self-belief and bristling with attacking intent to vanquish Liverpool and reach their first FA Cup final appearance in 15 years. They were unrecognisable from the team that laboured so painfully under Paul Lambert two months ago.
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