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It was Jack Grealish’s big day out at Wembley – we tracked every kick, dribble and tweet

Published 17:00 19 Apr 2015 BST

Updated 17:26 19 Apr 2015 BST

Gareth Makim
It was Jack Grealish’s big day out at Wembley – we tracked every kick, dribble and tweet

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What a display from the Irish English Villa man

It was just Jack Grealish's fifth start for Aston Villa and it was in an FA Cup semi-final. At Wembley. Against Liverpool. Game's don't come much bigger than that, but the 19-year-old was totally unfazed producing a display that had the football world cooing. Here's how his day panned out.... Peep! Game kicks off. Grealish's hair is perfect. 2mins: Jack likes the look of his match-up against novice full-back Emre Can, winning a free-kick from the German. England fans love a lad who's not afraid of the Germans. 8mins: A determined run into the penalty area comes to a halt with a firm Skrtel challenge that earns Villa a corner. 14mins: Grealish's hair becomes a thing. https://twitter.com/ThatConnArtist/status/589791824363057152 https://twitter.com/NTXabi/status/589795194603614208 20mins: With Villa well on top, Grealish finding nice pockets of space to operate in. 30mins: Coutinho's deflected effort gives Liverpool the lead, Grealish's hair has drifted out of the game. Maybe he's booking flights to Dublin. 36mins: Grealish receives the ball from Fabian Delph and surges forward, feeding Delph again and the England man centres for Christian Benteke to equalise. 39mins: Takes  ball down with a superb first touch but is dispossessed by Lovren. Twitter is falling love as Grealish closes in on first England call-up. https://twitter.com/DanByrne89/status/589816949712019456 https://twitter.com/MaxMeltzer/status/589816684007006208 https://twitter.com/Kinsella272727/status/589811769733992448 https://twitter.com/MenInBlazers/status/589795774935994369 44mins: More praise from Michael Owen for Grealish. Not for the first time, Shut Up Michael. Half-time: The lads on BT Sport seem to have ignored Grealish's contributions, Maybe he can fly under the radar after all. Or not. https://twitter.com/DietmarHamann/status/589804951129456640 https://twitter.com/TonyBarretTimes/status/589805494673485825 https://twitter.com/SamWallaceIndy/status/589802332952645632 https://twitter.com/DickinsonTimes/status/589806991763238912 https://twitter.com/giggs_boson/status/589800777268473856 48mins: Does Emre Can for pace again, Ian Darke emphasises Grealish's Birmingham upbringing while Owen purrs over how 'easy on the eye' he is as he has visions of Grealish tearing up Euro 2016. 54mins: More quality from Grealish, a quality through-ball finding Fabian Delph who strokes the ball past Simon Mignolet to give Villa a 2-1 lead. The question Grealish needs to ask himself, though, is how he would ever get in the England team with Delph in this sort of form? ThinkstockPhotos-115086590 60mins: Fouled by Alberto Moreno. Writhes around portraying suitable agony before looking towards referee. More proof he'll be a fine pro. Here's that goal: 61mins: Gives to Benteke and tells him where to return the ball but is tackled on the edge of the penalty area. LEADERSHIP. https://twitter.com/henrywinter/status/589806716751060992 https://twitter.com/philmcnulty/status/589800871480950784 71mins: Still full of running and leading the counter attack. ENGINE. https://twitter.com/tylrwllsn/status/589815090829996032 80mins: Feeds Benteke after another run at the Liverpool defence, but the ball pushes the Belgian wide and the chance goes begging. 82mins: Grealish's day comes to an end as Joe Cole comes on. 'He can play all right,' says Owen after a brief discussion of the youngster's choice of boy's shinpads. Fleeting mention of Ireland Under-21 appearances. A great performance from England/Ireland's next hero. https://twitter.com/giggs_boson/status/589816319748497409 Full time: Villa win 2-1.  The real question now is whether Ireland can hold him as England are bound to come calling. https://twitter.com/SportsJOEdotie/status/589813498445565953

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It was Jack Grealish's big day out at Wembley - we tracked every kick, dribble and tweet