Liverpool manager Brendan Rodgers has revealed how Jordan Henderson promised he would return for Wednesday night's FA Cup quarter-final replay against Blackburn Rovers.

The Reds stand-in captain left the team hotel on Tuesday night to rush to hospital for the birth of his second child.

Rodgers admits some other players would have skipped the match the next day but was impressed with midfielder Henderson's commitment to the cause.

The 24-year old hardly slept the night prior to the Ewood Park clash but got up to help the Anfield club into the FA Cup semi-finals b setting up Philippe Coutinho for the winner in the 70th minute.

"Jordan Henderson actually had to go back from the hotel - his partner had their second child during the night, so he had gone away, hadn't slept so much and travelled back again and put in a performance like he did tonight, a real captain's performance," Rodgers said at his post-match media conference.

"Some players maybe would have missed the game, but he said to me: 'Boss, as soon as the baby's out I'll be coming back!' There was a car waiting!

"He spent time with his young partner, child and family, which is great, but he said, 'I'll be back' - and he was.

"He had his lunch, he had a good sleep this afternoon and then played like a real captain."