Aston Villa manager Tim Sherwood heaped praise on Jack Grealish following his star showing in Sunday's FA Cup semi-final victory.

The 19-year old winger started his fifth game for the West Midlands club but was vital in Villa's 2-1 win over Liverpool by having a creative hand in both goals.

Grealish played a lovely ball for Fabian Delph to set up Christian Benteke for the 36th-minute leveler to cancel out Philippe Coutinho's opener before again supplying the Villa skipper for the eventual winner on 54 minutes.

Sherwood said of Grealish: "He could be right up there amongst the best of them. The ball is a friend of his.

"The bigger the stage, the better he plays, and that's a sign of real talent."