THE MAGNIFICENT ASTON VILLA 2-1 LIVERPOOL FA CUP SEMI FINAL POST MATCH THREAD

[peter w]

Just saw that waiting to be posted so posted it...got up now - can't remember leaving the bar and the alarm clock has just gone off. Sitting here with a headache from hell having to go in to work but grinning like a sodding Cheshire cat. What a day.

[KRS]

I got home with a headache from hell too so decided to sleep it off...I think you deserve a well earned sickie Peter W!

[pooligan]

Thanks to Tim Sherwood and his staff for giving us back our pride.

[ciggiesnbeer]

Just checked.

Yup it was real.

Bloody hell

[pooligan]

Read somewhere that Benteke's goal was our first in a semi final for 60 years. Jesus that is as old as i am !

[TopDeck113]

It is 58 years in a FA Cup semi-final to be pedantic, but I read that too and thought how we've underachieved in the competition over the decades.  Anyway, now to hit the back of the net in a final for the first time since 1957!

[brian green]

Still walking on air. That is how to cheer on a team. The whole game was a wall of sound from the Villa end but the recollection of the last five minutes was such an outpouring of raw emotion it still makes the hairs on my neck stand up fourteen hours later.

[simboy]

A cracking day out - took my lad for his "birthday treat" [11 today] and was dreading the drive back with long faces. How could I doubt the Villa ... they provided us with a fantastic day, a great atmosphere, a brilliant performance, a tremendous result and three scousers who on the tube back treated him like royalty after spotting his shirt. It doesn't get much better than this for an 11 year old [and his dad]   

[Legion]

Woke up. Pinched myself. It was not a dream. Can't wait for work now.

[robbo1874]

Fantastic from Okore on Instagram, seen I've been following Villa (2005/06 when I was 10) I've never seen them have a team spirit like they do at the moment.

Grealish was absolute quality today. They all were, but he stood out, for me

[OzVilla]

That's the best 2nd halves performance I've seen from a Villa team in ages. We just poured through the middle of the park, Grealish, N'Zog, Delph, Cleverly, Benteke all superb. 

I thought 'The Mighty Reds YNWA' really suffered having Gerrard in the midfield.  His legs have gone and literally every time they gave the ball away in the middle of the park we were on to them. Thought 2-1 flattered 'The Mighty Reds YNWA' a little tbh. 

I wasn't at all convinced about Sherwood when he came in, I thought we were making a mistake.  So far I'm delighted to be completely wrong.

[Godfrey Brian]

Think I'm reading every match report published but thought this was pretty balanced from Henry Winter:

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/football/teams/liverpool/11548197/Aston-Villa-vs-Liverpool-FA-Cup-match-report.html

That is a superb report of a magnificent day -even mentions 'Villa, Stella, Balti'and Gerrard's dive of years back which is as much a part of our collective history as anything.
What a day -the team, the club, , us- the whole Villa family as one again -truly a pride of lions.

Just to say that the overwhelming number of Liverpool fans were gracious in defeat and wished us well in the final

[silhillvilla]

What a feeling ! Just brilliant

[robbo1874]

Still walking on air. That is how to cheer on a team. The whole game was a wall of sound from the Villa end but the recollection of the last five minutes was such an outpouring of raw emotion it still makes the hairs on my neck stand up fourteen hours later.

brian I couldn't go, being in Aus, but the noise the Villa supporters made was incredible. Had a few doubts before the match, but the noise of the fans had me in no doubt after it started. not the biggest fan of Liverpool, but from all accounts they deserve a shout out! Up the Villa!!

[richard moore]

Voice totally gone this morning from all the singing in the pub and at the ground. Such a brilliant atmosphere coming out of the ground down the stairways, the noise and songs were deafening. Great to see so many young kids finally getting the chance to see just how magnificent this club can be, they are our future and need something to believe in. I was in tears at the final whistle.