'This means everything to him': Liverpool fans lavish praise on 'game-changing signing' Luis Diaz and insist he 'HAS to start' Champions League final as TV cameras catch him close to tears at full-time of Villarreal win

Liverpool star Luis Diaz was overcome with emotion after reaching his first Champions League final.

The £37.5m January signing replaced Diogo Jota at the start of the second half after Villarreal had taken a shock 2-0 lead on the night thanks to goals from Boulaye Dia and Francis Coquelin.

Diaz made an instant impact as he constantly drove at the Spanish side's defence showing an abundance of pace and trickery.

Luis Diaz changed the game for Liverpool when he came on as a second-half substitute

Diaz was overcome with emotion after reaching his first Champions League final

After Fabinho put Liverpool back ahead on aggregate, Diaz then got on the end of a Trent Alexander-Arnold cross to effectively kill the tie.