Liverpool loanee Tyler Morton is relishing the possibility of guiding Blackburn Rovers to Wembley later this season after helping Jon Dahl Tomasson's side achieve an unforgettable scalp against Leicester City in the FA Cup fifth round.
The Championship high-fliers defeated the Foxes 2-1 at the King Power Stadium on Tuesday evening thanks to goals from Tyrhys Dolan and Sammie Szmodics - with Morton playing an instrumental role as he helped stifle Kiernan Dewsbury-Hall and Dennis Praet in midfield.
Asked what it would mean to defeat fellow Championship rivals Sheffield United in the quarter-finals later this month and secure the Rovers a trip to the national stadium, Mortain told Lancs Live: “It would mean the world, not only for us but the supporters.
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"You could see how much that meant to them so getting to Wembley would be brilliant, you can’t take that away from us if we do.
“But we’ve still got a long way to go, massive games in the Championship to come and that’s our main aim, what we’re focused on, and that’s what we will have in consideration. We’ll rest up and get ready to go again.”
The 20-year-old, who won the competition with Liverpool last campaign and qualified for a medal after featuring against Shrewsbury Town and Norwich City, was full of praise for his team-mates' performance against Brendan Rodgers' side.
“I thought it was fantastic from the start, I was really proud of the team and to be a part of it," added Morton. “I was buzzing with the team’s performance, I thought we got stuck in from minute one.
“The pressing was fantastic, the manager has brought that into us and brought a massive amount of confidence and I think it showed. We shined and in front of goal we had a lot of chances and on another day we go even more in front.
“The manager has brought so much confidence into the team, particularly pressing-wise, and we don’t want to come in and feel like the underdogs, we don’t want to sit in we want to go out and press, work hard and I think that’s what we did."
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