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Lottie Gibbons

Liverpool's Trent Alexander-Arnold, Virgil van Dijk and Adrian surprise schoolchildren with amazing Christmas gifts

This is the moment members of the Liverpool FC squad surprised local schoolchildren for Christmas.

Primary pupils in Liverpool thought they were being interviewed about the Reds, but the club had something else in store for them.

Virgil van Dijk, Trent Alexander-Arnold and Adrian entered the school wearing Jurgen Klopp masks and Christmas jumpers.

The unsuspecting kids were speaking about their love for the club when the three players walked in with party poppers.

Olivia was surprised with tickets to the game (LFC)

Van Dijk presented the children with Liverpool FC shirts, whilst the other players gave out a number of hugs.

Nine-year-old Lawrence was one of the most shocked as all three walked in.

He said: "Wait what? Is this a dream, is this real?"

Even when Adrian had shaken hands with Lawrence, he questioned: "Are these holograms?"

After recovering from the surprise, Lawrence said: "Oh my gosh, I want a hug."

Trent and Adrian with the school children as VVD films their reactions (LFC)

Earlier this month, Jurgen Klopp and his Liverpool team made their annual Christmas visit to Alder Hey Children’s Hospital.

Klopp, Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain, Andy Robertson and Virgil van Dijk opened up on why the yearly visit means as much to the squad as it does to the people they meet.

Oxlade-Chamberlain said: "It's only a small thing we can do to help, it seems to make a small difference for today and maybe for some of them a little while and they'll remember that.

"It's the least we can do, the staff here are amazing and they look after the kids here so well."

You can watch the full video on LFC TV here.

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