Two players, one Chelsea & one Liverpool, singled out for widespread praise during Carabao Cup final

Viewers of the showdown between Chelsea and Liverpool this evening have taken to social media in numbers, to lavish praise on two players.

The first piece of major silverware of the English calendar is of course currently being contested over at Wembley.

After ousting Arsenal and Tottenham in their respective last-4 ties, Liverpool and Chelsea have gone toe-to-toe in the capital, in the finale of the Carabao Cup.

As things stand on Sunday evening, the scoreline remains locked at 0-0, albeit not for a lack of trying on the part of both sides.

Chelsea, in particular, have gone close on a whole host of occasions, with the likes of Christian Pulisic and Mason Mount guilty of fluffing their lines from wonderful positions:

Beating the offside trap 🙂
Striking the upright 🙃

Mason Mount comes so, so close to putting Chelsea in front! 👀 pic.twitter.com/xNgWI7roYi

— Sky Sports Football (@SkyFootball) February 27, 2022

Diaz & Havertz praised

And such glaring opportunities in front of goal on the part of both sides have come owing to the creative exploits of two players in particular.

On the Liverpool half of things has been Luis Diaz, who has continued to settle into Jurgen Klopp’s ranks in impressive fashion courtesy of an electric display on the left flank;

Luis Diaz. What a signing.

— Anfield Watch (@AnfieldWatch) February 27, 2022

Luis Diaz is an absolute baller. The former Porto man is causing Chelsea all sorts of trouble at the moment and Liverpool are suffocating the Blues.

This is Klopp’s gegenpressing at its finest.

— EiF (@EiFSoccer) February 27, 2022

on a side note diaz has been ELECTRIC

— Ashwin Jesraj (@shwinje) February 27, 2022

Diaz is unbelievable

— *+ (@awgenotes) February 27, 2022

Diaz is just unreal 🥵😍

— 🌟🌟🌟 LIZ 🌟🌟🌟 (@youth_depraved) February 27, 2022

Luis Diaz is a baller

— Adib (@AFC_Adib) February 27, 2022

Diaz. What a player

— Feranmi (@FeranmiOri) February 27, 2022

Luis diaz best player on the pitch atm wheres everyone to help him ffs. #LFC

— ⭐️⭐️⭐️Gem ⭐️⭐️⭐️ (@gem_louise23) February 27, 2022

On the Chelsea side, meanwhile, the creator in chief comes in the form of Kai Havertz, who, would have bagged at least two assists to this point in proceedings had it not been for the wastefulness of his fellow Blues attackers:

Kai Havertz has created 4 chances already and we are only in the first half world class shift

— #29 (@ftblHj) February 27, 2022

Havertz best player on the pitch.

Should win it if the rest of them fix up

Hope this helps t.co/M8FD0QX5OE

— Mike (@MikeLUHG0) February 27, 2022

What a game Havertz is having.

— slimboykat (@MphatoKatlego) February 27, 2022

I told y’all Havertz was the truth

— Tony (@TarhGiant) February 27, 2022

Kai Havertz so calm you would think he got it all figured out. Massive player. Big game player.#LIVCHE #Chelsea #CarabaoCupFinal

— Robert Muruga (@DEBOVE_Sounds) February 27, 2022

Havertz is levels ahead man…

— Bigdul CFC (@bigdul4juztice) February 27, 2022

Probably Havertz’s best half in a Chelsea shirt, shame the others can’t help him out.

— Ben ⭐️⭐️ (@SW6Ben) February 27, 2022

Havertz in big games t.co/jOmzN9TZwb pic.twitter.com/oRGcItyutC

— Apex ⭐️⭐️ (@Apexcrafter) February 27, 2022

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