Liverpool assistant manager Pep Lijnders believes the impossible pursuit of perfection has driven the club to their current position as the Premier League's best and has hailed Jurgen Klopp.

Jurgen Klopp has opened up on his relationship with his Liverpool players, his journey from average footballer to top football manager and offered some timely life advice in a wide-ranging podcast interview.

Liverpool are eyeing up potential replacements for Lovren whose out of contract this summer. Atlético's Jose Gimenez, Inter's Alessandro Bastoni and Leipzig's Dayot Upamecano.

Klopp has built Liverpool into arguably the most formidable side in the world, guiding them to last term's Champions League title and putting them on the brink of their first Premier League crown.

Jurgen Klopp and his Liverpool players are remaining a tight knit group amid enforced isolation due to coronavirus, being brought together for an early morning video session.

Trent Alexander-Arnold may only be 21 but he is already proving to be an inspirational figure to Liverpool's academy players. Neco Williams, 18, says it has been an 'eye-opener' watching him.

EXCLUSIVE BY MATT HUGHES: Premier League managers are siding with clubs in the battle over wages, with the majority ready to accept a temporary cut.

As the news broke over the weekend that Liverpool would be putting their non-playing staff on furlough, a quote from chief executive Peter Moore that came out last year started doing the rounds.

Coaching staff have been keeping in touch with the squad to ensure they stay fit during the break from football.

The German manager is having to oversee sessions via Zoom video links, with Liverpool posting footage of how a squad of more than 20 players work together while social distancing.

Liverpool manager Jurgen Klopp and captain Jordan Henderson will lead the club's tributes digitally after the final Hillsborough memorial service was cancelled due to the coronavirus pandemic.

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.

Jurgen Klopp signed the midfielder from Fulham when he was just 16 and there are high hopes he can become a future star with a handful of first-team appearances already under his belt.

High-profile managers and pundits have understandably had verbal scraps at times. Sportsmail looks at the best clashes between those in the hotseat and former players now in the punditry chair.

Graham said Lucifer is the only person Donald Trump could beat in a November general election. That came after retired John Boehner said Ted Cruz, Graham's candidate, is 'Lucifer in the flesh.'

Steaming over Donald Trump's invocation of a National Enquirer story about his dad, Cruz labels his rival a 'pathological liar' and 'serial philanderer' who is fooling his supporters.

The Trump ladies, Ivanka, Vanessa and Lara were glued to the TV as Texas Senator Ted Cruz dropped out of the presidential race after suffering a humiliating defeat in the Indiana primary.

He was called 'Lucifer in the flesh' by former House Speaker John Boehner last month. And Ted Cruz transformed into Satan himself last night... or at least he did on Saturday Night Live.

Cruz, who pulled out of the race for the White House last week, was spotted milling around on Millionaires Row at the Kentucky Derby with his wife Heidi and Lord Ashcroft.

In a little noticed security measure accompanying the security lockdown in Cleveland for the RNC, 'Shooters' bar had its name changed to 'Tusker's' for just a few days.

Ted Cruz refused to back down on his convention speech where he refused to endorse Donald Trump: 'I wasn't elected to do the convenient thing, I was elected to do what's right,' he said on Thursday.

Moderate GOP senators would like to see Cruz move to the administration so he can't stand in their way with stunts and filibusters. He wouldn't comment Tuesday about his chances.

A fight is brewing among forces behind the Trump transition over the future of the Justice Department, with rival factions jockeying for Ted Cruz or Kris Kobach as attorney general.

Texas Senator Ted Cruz is hailing the 'powerful mandate for change' that President-elect Donald Trump secured with his election, praising a bitter former primary rival.

During the CNN debate Ted Cruz was chided for his awkward exchange with multiple sclerosis patient Carol Hardaway, from Maryland.

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.

Chris Christie attacked Texas Senator Ted Cruz for voting against a $50 billion Hurricane Sandy relief package, saying he used 'reprehensible lies' to defend voting against a bill for 'political gain'.

President Trump's eldest son and the senator from Texas posed with the cookie on Sunday night in Dallas restaurant Le Bilboquet, where they were celebrating a mutual friend's birthday party.

Diamond and Silk are in the spotlight again as Mark Zuckerberg's congressional hearing comes to a close. The pair rose to fame as right-wing YouTubers who support Donald Trump.

Senators Ted Cruz and Lamar Alexander are polling their GOP colleagues for ideas as Leader Mitch McConnell resists 'messaging' votes and President Trump dominates agenda

Senator Ted Cruz beat Jimmy Kimmel 11 to 9 in a charity basketball game held at Texas Southern University on Saturday. The loser donated $5,000 to a local Houston charity.

Jessica Morales Rocketto was filmed confronting Senator Ted Cruz Friday asks the Texas Senator, asking if he will listen to sexual assault survivors and vote no to confirm Brett Kavanaugh.

In the waning days of the U.S. Senate race that could oust her husband from federal office, Heidi Cruz opened up about her marriage and Donald Trump's tweet spilling 'the beans' on her.

Newly released Federal Election Commission data show staff at all three tech giants have donated a total of $2.2million to Democrats and just $176,000 to Republicans this year.

Election Day 2018 is just days away. Here's all you need to know, including when it is, where and how to vote, early voting information, needed documents, how to register to vote and more.

Election Day 2018 is currently underway in the United States. Here's all about when the polls open and close, when the exit polls and results will be in and the key races to watch.

As the Democrats won control of the House of Representatives and the Republicans held their Senate majority, Jimmy Kimmel joked that 'the big loser this year is all of our Thanksgiving dinners.'

Cruz delivered a jesting speech in Washington, saying the next two years in Trump's Washington will be 'Game of Thrones': 'Mueller is coming ...Trump finally builds a wall to keep the wildlings out.'

The unlikely duo of Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and Ted Cruz have teamed up on legislation to close Washington's famous revolving door.

'Never thought in my life that one of my first pushes would be alongside Ted Cruz,' said the 29-year-old liberal superstar. 'We're going to see how far we can push this.'

Ted Cruz challenged Andrew Yang to a basketball game as the 2020 Democratic candidate prepares take stage for the third round of primary debates in Houston, Texas.

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.

The chief, emotional during a news conference because one of his officers was gunned down, called on the law makers to reauthorize the Violence Against Women Act to prevent further violence.

Trump claimed Democrats are impeaching him without evidence of a crime. 'I did nothing wrong. This will be the first Impeachment ever where there was no crime. They don't even allege a crime.'

Ted Cruz has announced he will self-quarantine after he shook hands with someone who has tested positive for coronavirus at the Conservative Political Action Conference 10 days ago.

Georgia rep Doug Collins went to CPAC on Feb. 27 and met the mystery patient zero, he said. He then shook hands with Trump and went to the CDC's Atlanta headquarters last week.

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

Jane Timken (left) said on Monday that the comments posted on Facebook by State Rep. Candice Keller (right) following the mass shooting in Dayton were 'shocking'.

Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab (pictured) visited Canada today as he forged ahead with a diplomatic blitz designed to pave the way for post-Brexit deals around the world.

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.