SportsJOE’s one-word player ratings: Aston Villa outwork their way to victory over an uninterested Liverpool

Tim Sherwood has taken a team to the FA Cup final. Let that sink in.

His "system" was enough to break down Brendan Rodgers' "philosophy" as a Fabian Delph goal was the deciding factor during today's semi-final. The afternoon looked to be going the way of Liverpool when Philippe Coutinho opened the scoring on the half-hour mark before Christian Benteke leveled proceedings up. But Delph was the man who came up with the strike after half-time which was enough to earn Aston Villa a place in the FA Cup final for the first time since 2000.

Aston Villa

Given: Throwback Bacuna: Dogged Baker: Headache Vlaar: Commanding Richardson: Clearance Westwood: Industrious Delph: Architect Cleverley: Amateur Grealish: Hair-raising N’Zogbia: Overshadowed Benteke: Complete Substitutes:  Okore: Unprepared Sinclair: Fresh Cole: Legs

Liverpool

Mignolet: Present Can: Adequate Skrtel: Cranky Lovren: Overpriced Moreno: Naive Allen: Nimble Henderson: Hapless Gerrard: Galaxy Markovic: Anonymous Coutinho: Flashes Sterling: Lukewarm Substitutes Balotelli: Usual Johnson: Bizarre Lambert: Helpless