Simon Mignolet is targeting the prospect of making history in between the sticks for Liverpool in the FA Cup this season, adding that the Reds are keen to end their barren run in the competition.

The Belgian goalkeeper's priority is to end the Reds' nine-year wait to win the trophy - as they face Aston Villa in the semi-finals this afternoon - but in doing so, the 27-year-old would become a record-breaker.

The Reds' goalkeeper has had a fine run of form in 2015, keeping seven clean sheets in the last 11 games in all competitions - and believes he is ready for the test at Wembley Stadium.

"Confidence wise I’m in a good place," he said in a pre-match press conference.

"It will be nice to go out into such a legendary arena. I’ve played there for Belgium in a friendly against England.

"It’s something to look forward to. It’s exciting for every professional footballer.

"I’ve got lots of family coming over from Belgium to watch the game.

"Wembley is a stadium where a lot of history has been made. We want to create some history for ourselves.

"Liverpool haven’t won the FA Cup since 2006. We don’t want to wait until 2016 to make it a 10-year anniversary. We want it to be this year.

"To win the FA Cup on a personal level would be special because I’d be the first Belgian keeper to win it."

One of Mignolet's toughest rivals will be Belgium team-mate Christian Benteke, who has scored eight goals in his last six games under Tim Sherwood - but Mignolet insists the Liverpool side will not be focusing on any one Villa player, concentrating on their own level of performance to get the job done.

"We spoke about it when we last met at the international camp," he added.

"He’s been scoring goals lately together and with Gabriel Agbonlahor as well as they have a lot of pace up front.

"We will assess the strengths and weaknesses of our opponents but our focus is on ensuring we get our performance right and do the best we possibly can.

"We have to deal with the occasion in a professional manner."

The Reds are still entertaining dim hopes of finishing inside the Champions League spots, as they sit four points away from Manchester City with six games of the season left to go.

But Mignolet insists FA Cup glory and a top-four spot are both still the priorities, rather than one over the other.

"We want to do both," replied Mignolet when asked which one was more important.

"We’ve got the cup and the league still to play for. We want to do well in every game right to the end.

"You don’t really choose between your mum and dad so we will keep going on both fronts. There is a lot to play for and we want to make sure we finish the season positively."

The Liverpool goalkeeper has been vastly improved such a spell out of the first-team over the busy Christmas period, improving his commanding ability inside the area where he was once reluctant to come off of his line to meet a cross.

The Belgian admits it is something he has worked thoroughly on the training ground with goalkeeping coach John Achterberg.

"It is something we spoke about when I was out of the team to be more aggressive and predominantly more dominant," he added.

"My family was over for the game last week and they asked me afterwards ‘has your voice not gone? Yours was the only voice we heard on the pitch’.

"It is something I try to do my best with to make sure I give the information to all the defenders and the team.

"I have always been one who tries to speak as much and give as much information to defenders as I can when they are in front of me, to organise at set-pieces.

"It’s more the body language and the commanding voice to get the message over to the players which has changed a bit.

"It had something to do with my character, which is a bit laid back, so I had to make sure when I gave a signal or command it was commanding enough to get the message over. Especially when you have 40,000 people singing songs like you do at Anfield.

"We know with Villa they have that aerial ability with the two strikers at the front so it’s something we have to deal with as well."