liverpool just edged past blackburn rovers in their fa cup sixth round replay to make it to a 24th cup semi final in the anfield club's illustrious history philippe coutinho eventually broke the deadlock after 161 goalless minutes across the two games but blackburn came close to levelling matters when goalkeeper simon eastwood was denied in stoppage time sportsmail's oliver todd rated the player's performances at ewood park blackburn rovers: (4 4 2) eastwood 7  could do nothing to stop philippe coutinho's winner but did well to deny brazilian in the first half and even had a pop at goal himself with a brilliant turn in stoppage time simon even had a pop at goal himself with a brilliant turn in stoppage time after performing well in goal  henley 7  solid at right back, he kept raheem sterling quieter than most full backs in the barclays premier league would restricted in going forward as he kept an eye on england star baptiste 8  so often found in the way of liverpool's shots, even though he was suffering with a hamstring injury performed heroics at the back but couldn't quite hold out before being substituted kilgallon 8  another solid performer, the skipper was unfazed by the challenge he faced from daniel sturridge and mainly restricted the england striker to potshots from range matt kilgallon was another solid performer, the skipper was unfazed by the challenge of daniel sturridge  olsson 7  could have gone down when under pressure inside the liverpool area but his honesty was his own enemy solid at the back conway 65  industrious down the right but often restricted as he looked to double up on dangerous sterling corry evans is no stranger to a challenge, and he put himself about in midfield, replacing jay spearing  evans 65  no stranger to a challenge, put himself about in midfield after replacing cup tied jay spearing booked for desperate challenge on sterling williamson 7  tracked back really well and did his best to neutralise the threat of coutinho could have given away a penalty in stoppage time for challenge on joe allen but referee made right decision marshall 7  creative force provided the ammo for jordan rhodes and rudy gestede as they looked to take advantage of an unfamiliar back line unlucky to be denied by simon mignolet ben marshall was unlucky to be denied when his header was saved by simon mignolet in the second half  cairney 65  anonymous at times but then tested mignolet from range as rovers grew into the game early in the second half rhodes 65  subdued upfront and looked a poor replacement for gestede who had impressed at anfield missed with key header in the first half subs  gestede 65 (for conway 64) came on to energise blackburn as liverpool took control but aside from one chance he showed a lack of match fitness, struggling with a hamstring problem spurr (for baptiste 79) no time to make an impact but kept things together well rudy gestede came on to energise blackburn but aside from one chance he showed a lack of match fitness  liverpool: (4 2 3 1) mignolet 75  recovered well from his emirates horror show save from marshall on to the post in key moment simon mignolet recovered well from his emirates horror show saved from marshall in key moment  johnson 6  played on the right of a back four natural role for him and found chances to go forward but left gaps at times sakho 55  struggled from the start, looking uncomfortable on the ball and he picked up a hamstring problem substituted after losing out to rhodes lovren 65  good return to the side, albeit against lower league opposition team selection on saturday indicated he was fifth choice but anfield career not necessarily over moreno 6  comfortable evening on the whole with blackburn lacklustre down the right little to do alberto moreno had a comfortable evening on the whole with blackburn lacklustre down the right little to do  lucas 6  provided a solid base in midfield and moved the ball around well but not much penetration as liverpool toiled in first half allen 55  similar to lucas, couldn't provide impetus where it was needed, though may have handled in own area and later appeared to go down easily for late penalty shout coutinho 8  the star man in liverpool's midfield again, and his goal sends them to wembley clever move to find way to break blackburn down philippe coutinho was the star man in liverpool's midfield again, and his goal sends them to wembley  henderson 65  his one two with coutinho set up the winner but his deliveries from dead balls left much to be required at times sterling 65  one of liverpool's main threats as usual, playing down the left at ewood park impact blunted as blackburn doubled up booked sturridge 5  he's not back at his best yet and it showed seemed uneasy in taking on defenders at times and was restricted to shots from distance daniel sturridge is not back at his best yet and it showed he seemed uneasy in taking on defenders at times  subs  toure 75 (for sakho 26) solid in defence with lovren, he ably deputised when liverpool had to reshuffle early on and dealt with gestede and rhodes lambert (for sturridge 85) no time headed first touch wide referee:  kevin friend 7  did all that could be expected of him missed allen handball shout after ben marshall's header but that would have been harsh ignored penalty shout from same player in stoppage time man of the match:  philippe coutinho  a mercurial performance topped off with an excellent goal to decide the game he knows how to make the difference in big moments for his club and liverpool benefited from that again coutinho's shot finds the corner to decide the game at ewood park after a lack of clear cut chances 
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philippe coutinho was man of the match in liverpool's win over blackburn . alex baptiste was superb in defence for the hosts at ewood park . daniel sturridge continued to show a lack of match sharpness 