The Reds were 25 points clear of second-placed Manchester City and seemingly just a couple of weeks away from being crowned champions when football in this country was halted due to coronavirus.

Ulla Sandrock, who is married to the Liverpool F.C manager, visited a Waitrose store in Formby, Merseyside last week and handed out £50 vouchers to staff on the shop floor.

Liverpool assistant boss Pepijn Lijnders has taken the opportunity to use the football break to deliver some special news to club starlet Harvey Elliott.

Hamann, who played for the Reds between 1999 and 2006 and won the Champions League in Istanbul, claimed that Werner does not have the skillset to slot into Klopp's tactical set-up.

Kevin-Prince Boateng has named Liverpool manager Jurgen Klopp as one of the best managers he has ever worked with. The pair were together at Borussia Dortmund during he 2008-09 season.

Despite dominating English football right now, Liverpool will not escape the effects of coronavirus. With spending plans set to be abandoned, Sportsmail looks at the youngsters who are ready to step up.

James Van Kuilenburg, who is passionate about politics, had attended the presidential campaign event in his hometown of Frederick, Maryland on Thursday.

A near majority of Hoosier Republicans, 49 per cent, back the business billionaire Trump. Texas Sen. Ted Cruz is trailing with 34 per cent. Ohio Gov. John Kasich is far behind with 13 per cent.

The Texas Seantor and GOP presidential hopeful insisted his stance was 'common sense', adding: 'It doesn't make sense for grown adult men, strangers, to be alone in a restroom with a little girl.'

Sen. Ted Cruz's wife Heidi said something on the campaign trail that could bring back up those pesky 'birther' problems. 'Ted is an immigrant,' Heidi Cruz said at a campaign stop in Greenfield, Indiana.

Donald Trump announced he was running for president in June 2015 during a speech in New York City's Trump Tower (pictured). Experts said he would struggle to be taken seriously.

Kasich canceled a scheduled campaign stop near Washington, D.C. on Wednesday and held an Ohio press conference where he ended his presidential campaign.

Ted Cruz might be out of the race for the White House but he's still hoping to influence the Republican National Convention. He wants his delegates to influence the RNC platform and rules.

Marco Rubio called a story 'largely inaccurate' that suggested Ted Cruz wanted them to join forces and take on Donald Trump. Rubio said reports were 'unfair' to Carly Fiorina, Cruz's choice.

Ted Cruz's wife Heidi had to be escorted from the Republican National Convention floor in in Cleveland, Ohio, after he refused to endorse Donald Trump.

Ted Cruz one of President Trump's top political rivals in 2016, said the president and first lady were 'warm and gracious' when they hosted the senator and his family at the White House.

Republican Senators John McCain and Ted Cruz applauded Donald Trump for ordering airstrikes on Syria on Thursday night saying he deserves the support of American people.

Senator Ted Cruz said an aide was responsible for the like that caused a pornographic post to briefly appear on his Twitter feed. The post was unliked within 40 minutes.

Tammy Talpas told Sen Ted Cruz at a campaign event in Austin Tuesday that if he forced her into a high-risk pool it could kill her. She then asked if he would take a DNA test to prove he's human.

Republican Sen. Ted Cruz is begging President Donald Trump to come campaign for him as he faces a tough contest from a rising Democratic star.

David Hogg (left) helped raise money for a billboard of Trump mocking Cruz in a tweet that reads;'Why would the people of Texas support Ted Cruz when he has accomplished absolutely nothing'.

Cruz was holding a rally over the weekend as part of the run up to the election, when it was targeted by protesters from the People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA).

Some malfunctioning voting machines in Texas are resulting in Democrats voting for GOP Sen. Ted Cruz instead of Democrat Beto O'Roure if they cast their ballot for a straight, party line ticket.

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Carrey's painting shows O'Rourke pulling a curtain to shine light on Cruz. The actor told his followers to make Tuesday like 'the end of every great vampire movie' and 'turn all those bloodsuckers to dust'.

Reznor said the GOP senator was 'bugging' to get on the band's list Wednesday. He also revealed that Cruz had been on the band's guest list a few years prior.

Texas Senator Ted Cruz tweeted about Chick-fil-A ban Friday: 'The citizens of beautiful San Antonio deserve more delicious sandwiches, and fewer rabid attacks against companies.'

Beto O'Rourke apologized to the staff of his Texas Senate campaign for being a 'giant a**hole' during the competitive, high-pressure 2018 race.  

Ilhan Omar deleted a tweet claiming a merit-based immigration system would disadvantage Latino migrants after Texas Senator Ted Cruz called her out for prejudice against Hispanics.

The left-right duo agree birth control pills should be available over the counter and Cruz proposed that they collaborate. Republicans last proposed it in 2015; Senate Democrats blocked it

Former Texas Rep. Beto O'Rourke has released the details of his proposed 'war tax' intended to help veterans and discourage 'endless wars.'

Indexing involves taking inflation into account by recalculating an asset's original purchase price when someone sells it. That results in less profit and a lower tax burden.

Purchasing a home for $200K in 1999 and selling it today for $600K would result in a capital gain of $400K; under current law $150K of that is taxable, even though $108K of that is solely due to inflation.

Malia Obama and her British boyfriend Rory Farquharson enjoyed brunch with his family at the Ojai Valley Inn on Sunday.

Iowa State Fair has a long history of photo-ops: Donald Trump arriving in a helicopter; Hillary Clinton and a cow; Barack Obama riding bumper cars with Sasha and candidates like Joe Biden politicking.

Joe Biden's first campaign ad of the 2020 presidential race, released on Monday, takes an assault on the former vice president's record on race head on and plays up his electability against Donald Trump.

Donald Trump said on the eve of the annual Group of Seven summit that it would be 'appropriate' for Russia to retake its seat at the table with the world's most advanced economies.

Donald Trump says that Russia should be allowed to rejoin the Group of Seven, even though the nation refused to leave Crimea, so he's able to speak to Vladimir Putin  more directly.

'With full knowledge that her generation will bear the heaviest burden of climate change, she's unafraid to believe that progress is possible - and fight for real change,' Obama wrote of Thunberg.

Barack Obama said presidents benefited hearing from a diversity of opinion,' and counseled against watching TV and reading social media in an apparent dig at President Trump.

Donald Trump on Monday knocked Barack Obama for receiving the Noble Peace Prize and said he would have one of his own 'if they gave it out fairly.'

Donald Trump's Senior Advisor Stephen Miller compared the Ukrainian saga to a 'little Nancy Drew novel.' Miller told Fox News Sunday that Trump is the real 'whistle-blower.'

President Trump lashed out at Susan Rice on Friday as a 'disaster' before Barack Obama's national security adviser clapped back by calling him 'gross' for hugging her at a DC dinner in 2015.

Donald Trump Jr's new book touches on his relationship with Michael Jackson while hitting out at his father's rivals, including Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton (inset). Don Jr and his father are seen above.

Julia Ann Poff pleaded guilty in Houston federal court in July to transporting homemade explosives with intent to kill, injure or intimidate. She was jailed for 10 years yesterday.

We came into the White House-I'll tell you something, every office was filled with Obama books. And we had notes left behind that said "You will fail," "You aren't going to make it",' Grisham said.

Former Ambassador to the Ukraine Marie Yovanovitch on Friday denied Donald Trump's claim that she refused to hang his picture in the U.S. Embassy in Kiev. 

The ad campaign is slated to run nearly nationwide beginning on Monday, and comes one day after Bloomberg filed paperwork creating a presidential campaign committee.

Adam Schiff said Sunday that the impeachment inquiry into Donald Trump isn't a partisan issue as he bashes Republicans for putting party ahead of country.

Mark Roe, the CEO of Adelaide based company Fusetec, said the brains have the potential to save lives as surgeons are able to practice high risk surgeries before they treat patients.