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FA CUP SEMI-FINAL: Delph set to experience career highlight with Aston Villa

Fabian Delph was in dreamland after scoring the winner for Aston Villa in the FA Cup semi-final on Sunday.

The 25-year old midfielder captained Villa to a 2-1 victory over Liverpool at Wembley to book a date with Arsenal in the final on May 30 which he admitted would be an enormous day in his career.

"I can't wait for the final. To walk out as captain is going to be the highlight of my career. So happy days, I'm happy for the boys," he told BT Sport 1.

Delph set up Christian Benteke's equaliser which came six minutes after Philippe Coutinho put the Reds in front on the half-hour mark before producing the winning goal less than 10 minutes into the second half to send Villa through to their first FA Cup final since 2000.

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