article_snippet: Especially as defeat has left them five points adrift of United in fourth.
article_snippet: There is still the hope of an FA Cup final at Wembley to celebrate his 35th birthday on Saturday, May 30.
article_snippet: But due to his ban his will not even be in the side to help them reach his ban in them FA Cup replay against Blackburn.
article_snippet: Nor for them next, crucial, a Champions League match against a Champions League rivals Arsenal or the game versus Newcastle.
article_snippet: If they progress to the FA Cup semi-final against Aston Villa in the FA Cup semi-final against Aston Villa absence, that will be seven, and eight if they make it to the final.
article_snippet: Given all that has gone before, how much the FA Cup semi-final against Aston Villa will be desperate to go out on a high before the FA Cup semi-final against Aston Villa crosses the Atlantic.
article_snippet: But will Brendan Rodgers trust the FA Cup semi-final against Aston Villa again?