So much for being Rafael Benítez's bogey side. Liverpool crushed Birmingham City, whom they had not beaten over four matches in their manager's two seasons in charge, with so much to spare it was embarrassing...
The Times
Liverpool fire leaves Bruce in seventh hell
A game of two spectacles, Momo Sissoko's red glasses and Birmingham City's red-faced defending, ended with Liverpool in the semi-finals of the FA Cup and police guarding Steve Bruce's dug-out. Seven-up for Liverpool, grapes of wrath for Bruce.
Daily Telegraph
Birmingham bewitched, bothered and bewildered as Liverpool run riot
Birmingham's hex on Rafael Benítez had always looked like a figment of the imagination. Not that anyone at St Andrew's could have imagined the Spaniard would inflict a first victory over Birmingham in such humiliating circumstances.
The Guardian
Liverpool's magnificent seven
To think that barely a week earlier, Liverpool were in the grip of a goal drought. Last night's torrent took their tally to 15 in less than a week and swept them into the FA Cup semi-finals for the first time in five years, leaving the wreckage of Birmingham City in its wake.
The Independent