Gerrard, Lampard, Drogba, Salah: Liverpool and Chelsea's greatest ever players ranked

Chelsea and Liverpool are set to slug it out for FA Cup glory under the Wembley arch on Saturday.

With the reigning European champions locking horns with Jurgen Klopp’s quadruple-chasers, the conclusion of world football’s oldest cup competition is especially thrilling in 2022 for pitting two huge sides up against each other.

Not only are Chelsea and Liverpool two of the strongest sides in Europe right now, but they boast some of the largest trophy cabinets in the history of the English game with an extra spot cleared out for the 2021/22 FA Cup.

With Thomas Tuchel and Jurgen Klopp having an innumerable amount of world-class players at their finger tips, only time will tell whether the silverware will be lifted by the Reds or Blues at the home of football.

However, while we eagerly anticipate two of England’s sporting juggernauts battling it out for silverware, we thought that it would be rude not to look back at the decorated histories of these footballing institutions.

To do so, we have decided to put Chelsea and Liverpool up to the test via the medium of their greatest ever players: ranking the standout legends to pull on the famous blue and red jerseys.

After all, you might know who you prefer out of Alisson Becker and Edouard Mendy or Fabinho and N’Golo Kante, but who gets the nod when it’s Steven Gerrard vs Frank Lampard or Virgil van Dijk vs John Terry?

Well, park that thought for a second because we’re going to set the scene for debate using our trusty medium of Tiermaker to rank Chelsea and Liverpool’s greats into categories ranging from ‘GOAT’ to ‘Lucky to be here’.

However, with so many icons having taken to the pitch at Stamford Bridge and Anfield over the years, we’ve turned to the fans themselves to decide