Aston Villa manager Tim Sherwood was full of praise for Jack Grealish and Charles N'Zogbia on Sunday.

The West Midlands outfit saluted in the FA Cup semi-final with a 2-1 result over Liverpool at Wembley and Sherwood felt the performances of 19-year old winger Grealish and 28-year old N'Zobia went a long way to achieving such a victory.

"We looked at Liverpool and thought it might cause them a few problems if we played two No.10s in Jack Grealish and Charles N'Zogbia. It turned out that way," he told the club's official website.

"They played in the pockets. They were hard to pick up.

"They got themselves on the turn and our width came from our full-backs.

"We knew our midfield would have the energy to cope and they did.

"We needed to get players in support of Christian and I thought the game plan worked perfectly.

"We weren't worried what Liverpool were going to do. We just knew if we played like we could that we were going to cause them a lot of problems."