'What a difference' - National media agree on one Chelsea player after Carabao Cup win

Chelsea secured their biggest win yet under Mauricio Pochettino on Tuesday evening with a 6-1 thrashing of Championship side Middlesbrough to book their place in the Carabao Cup final.

The Blues overturned Boro's one-goal advantage from the first leg in quick fashion through a Jonny Howson own goal andEnzo Fernandez strike. Axel Disasi made it three before Cole Palmer netted twice and Noni Madueke bagged off the bench.

Pochettino's men will face either Liverpool or Fulham in the Wembley final, with the Argentine admitting he is 'desperate' to win a trophy in England after a troubling first few months at Stamford Bridge.

The win will lift the pressure off of Pochettino and his side after calls for another change in the dug-out resurfaced after the first leg defeat. Below is a look at how the national media reacted to Chelsea's crushing victory.

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Henry Winter, ofThe Times, wrote: «Football is brutal — support carries a team only so far, talent does more, and Chelsea had almost £500 million worth of players on parade.

Cole Palmer (£42 million) was voted player of the match for two exquisite finishes. Enzo Fernández (£106 million) looked every inch a world champion with the intelligence and relentlessness of his movement, albeit against EFL opposition. Axel Disasi (£38 million) rampaged up from right back with all the marauding intent of Branislav Ivanovic. Raheem Sterling (£47 million) linked and created well down the right before shifting left to accommodate Noni Madueke (£29 million).

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But the catalyst — and