Philippe Coutinho fired Liverpool into the FA Cup semi-finals and made it a night to remember for Jordan Henderson. Liverpool’s captain provided the 70th-minute assist for Coutinho to break Blackburn Rovers’ resistance and secure a 1-0 win that sets up a Wembley date against Aston Villa a week on Sunday. It has been a dramatic 24 hours for Henderson, as his partner Beccy gave birth to their second daughter, Alba. The 25-year-old had not slept the night before the game. Philippe Coutinho hit the only goal of the game as Liverpool advanced to the FA Cup semi-finals . Kolo Toure (left) embraces new father Jordan Henderson on a day to remember for the Liverpool captain . The Brazilian playmaker put in a real all-action display for his team. As well as scoring the winner, he had the most shots, most touches, the highest duel success, highest dribble completion, and the most tackles. Henderson said: ‘Philippe has a great football brain. It’s the easy bit giving it to him. Another bit of brilliance wins the game and gives everyone a lift.’ Liverpool boss Brendan Rodgers revealed Henderson told him there was no chance he was missing the fixture once the baby had arrived. Rodgers explained: 'His wife had a second child during the night so he had to go away, hadn't slept so much, travelled all the way back again and put in the performance he did tonight. It was a real captain's performance. 'He said to me, "Boss, as soon as the baby's out, I'll be coming back".' Brendan Rodgers (right) looks on as his side navigated their way through a tricky tie at Ewood Park . Liverpool celebrate a much-needed victory which sets up a Wembley date with Aston Villa on Sunday week . Coutinho has popped up with some important goals this season — five of his six strikes have earned Liverpool results (four wins and a draw). Rodgers thought the much-publicised review meeting he held with Liverpool's players on Sunday paved the way for them to get back to winning ways in the FA Cup. The Reds boss had denied a report that an internal meeting following the 4-1 defeat to Arsenal had descended into crisis talks and his players responded on the pitch by booking their spot in the FA Cup semi-finals at Wembley with a hard-fought 1-0 replay victory over Blackburn. 'There was a lot made of that,' he said. 'I'm a coach who speaks openly to players. Part of the coaching philosophy for me is about reviewing and reflecting performance. 'It's something that we've done all year when we were winning games. That provides us the lever to move forward - how can we be better, how can we improve? 'Because we lost a couple of games, there's a lot been made of that meeting but that review was very, very important in how we want to work. If you don't review and analyse your performance how can you get better?'
Coutinho hit the only goal of the game as Liverpool beat Blackburn .
They will meet Aston Villa in the semi-finals a week on Sunday .
Liverpool skipper Henderson had not slept the night before the game as his wife gave birth to his second daughter .
Boss Brendan Rodgers revealed Henderson had no thoughts about missing the match .
'He said to me, "Boss, as soon as the baby's out, I'll be coming back",' Rodgers explained .