MERSEY BEAT: In the giddy aftermath of the game of the season, one dejected man stood out. Head bowed, brow furrowed, Simon Mignolet scuttled out of Anfield without stopping to speak.

MERSEY BEAT: Marcel Brands has a towering reputation in Dutch football, an eye for talent and an ability to transform a club. Recent reports suggest he has been approached by Everton.

DOMINIC KING'S MERSEY BEAT: Even after Liverpool beat Crystal Palace on Monday, the focus after the game was about the obduracy of Jurgen Klopp’s defence and the impact of Alisson.

DOMINIC KING'S MERSEY BEAT: The list, even now, cannot fail to raise eyebrows. First, you see Oxford United; then names such as Luton, Sunderland and Birmingham pop up.

DOMINIC KING - MERSEY BEAT: Watching Lookman on Tuesday in the remote Latvian town of Jelgava, there was no frisson of excitement. All you could feel was concern.

DOMINIC KING - MERSEY BEAT: In the days before he named his squad for Russia, one player kept popping into Gareth Southgate's head more than anyone else: Adam Lallana.

DOMINIC KING - MERSEY BEAT: Towards the end of 2020, Liverpool will have a new £50million complex. The renovation of their Academy at Kirkby is well underway.

Companies cutting dividends and laying off workers in a battle to survive the coronavirus crisis should not be handing millions of pounds to bosses.

The company announced it would raise £1bn from a public share sale, and by borrowing an additional £3.8bn on the bond markets. The money will be used for day-to-day spending.

The industry has been pleading for state aid after being crippled by the Covid-19 pandemic. Virgin Atlantic, part of Sir Richard Branson's empire, has led calls for an £7.5bn industry rescue package.

The scheme also includes new hires the supermarket has made to help deal with added demand sparked by the coronavirus pandemic. Supermarkets dealt with record levels of demand in March.

Crude rose to $30 a barrel after trading at 18-year lows for several days. During a brief spike prices jumped by 47 per cent - the highest gain ever recorded. However, oil is still well down on the year.

Steve Murrells is in charge of 60,000 staff and around 2,500 stores that are vital for keeping the nation's cupboards stocked, but his empire also includes pharmacies and the funeral care business.

Alarmist forecasts of more than 20m job losses in the US, and a 10 per cent plus loss of output in Britain and in America in the second quarter, look likely to be a reality.

Owners of cars will see their car tax costs rise in-line with the RPI index, usually adding £5 to bills. However, new vehicle buyers will be hit harder, as first-year VED rates are determined by a new test.

When it comes to loading up the big guns, Japan is market leader. Prime Minister Shinzo Abe is unsheathing a fiscal package as the country places its cities under a state of emergency.

My partner Chris and I live in a first-floor flat, so when our neighbour sent us a message out of the blue insisting we use her front garden to enjoy the sunshine on Sunday, I could have kissed her.

Register offices are closed for now because of the virus outbreak, so parents should add a note about this to their child benefit claim and submit it anyway, says HMRC.

We pick our five favourite cash Isas for savers. This is essential Isa reading and is kept up-to-date throughout the year

What should employers be doing and are there alternatives to furlough? Richard Yeomans, of Addleshaw Goddard, takes a look.

Nearly a third of people in the UK have had to dip into their savings while a fifth have taken on debt, with the younger generations the worst hit, a new survey has showed.

Nationwide has cut the rate on its Future Saver, Loyalty Saver and Isa customers, but jumping ship is proving tricky.

There is no doubt that the most hygienic way to pay for something is with a tap of a contactless card. But if you're spending more than £45 you either have to use a card machine, or hand over cash.

The breaks will be available to workers who are waiting on furlough payments or self-employment support, or those who lose their jobs after March 1.

Married women who retired on small state pensions before April 2016 should get an uplift to 60 per cent of their husband's payments once he reaches retirement age too.

With the majority of drivers leaving their motors parked or making only infrequent and very short journeys to the shops, there's a good chance you'll encounter one or more of these six issues.

In a grim assessment, the Bank said the economy could shrink by nearly 30 per cent in the first half of this year before recovering some ground.

Some recent research suggests that, even if you stick a lump sum into the stock market on the eve of a big crash, you could end up with bigger returns than by drip-feeding.

Entrepreneur Andy Yates shares his tips for small businesses to adapt, innovate and come through the coronavirus crisis - and what some of the firms he is working with are doing.

Consumers will have had lots of time to mull over their prospective purchases. So, plenty to think about then, after Lexus took top honours in the latest Auto Express Driver Power poll.

Defi Du Seuil showed that if there is a vacancy to take over as king of the two-mile chase division he will be a contender with a length and a quarter win in the Shloer Chase at Cheltenham.

If his recovery goes to plan, Tiger Roll will return to action in the Boyne Hurdle at Navan in February - a race he won last year - before bidding for a fifth Cheltenham Festival victory.

The seven-year-old, who won the Grade One Stayers' Hurdle at the Cheltenham Festival, runs for the first time this season in the Ladbrokes Long Distance Hurdle at Newbury on Friday.

Aidan Coleman is looking forward to being reunited with Paisley Park in the Cleeve Hurdle at Cheltenham on Saturday.

Zara, 38, donned a navy coat, with a Jockey Club brooch, and a grey fedora hat for the Festival Trials Day at Cheltenham Racecourse. The mother-of-two is a regular visitor to the racecourse.

Brian Hughes continued to build what he hopes will be an unassailable lead in the jump jockeys title race as a 49-1 treble at Carlisle took him 13 winners clear (124-111) of champion Richard Johnson.

Henderson committed Shishkin to the Supreme Novices' Hurdle on the opening day of next month's Cheltenham Festival after he brushed aside proven performers on Thursday.

A new guarantee that the Tote win dividends will at least match starting-price returns will be a 'game changer' for pool betting in this country, it has been claimed.

Solo is 3-1 favourite for the Triumph Hurdle after sweeping to a 13-length demolition job from Fujimoto Flyer in the Adonis Hurdle at Kempton for trainer Paul Nicholls and jockey Harry Cobden.

Nigel Twiston-Davies hopes Ballyandy can continue his revival by getting the victory former stable star The New One could not manage in his attempts at the Unibet Champion Hurdle.

The killer coronavirus outbreak across the globe has lead to a host of sporting events being cancelled, postponed or placed in serious doubt with the Six Nations among impacted events.

Joe Tizzard is confident forgotten horse Lostintranslation can sneak in under the radar and bounce back to his best in the Magners Cheltenham Gold Cup on Friday week.

The Nicky Henderson-trained 10-year-old, who is chasing his fifth Festival win, was among the 11 runners left in the £400,000 race at the penultimate declaration.

SAM TURNER (Robin Goodfellow) continues his look at the big race trends and contenders at next week's meeting with a looks at the contenders for day three.

We are less than a week away from the start of the 2020 Cheltenham Festival. In the final part of his preview, SAM TURNER takes a look at the big-race trends and contenders for day four.  

EXCLUSIVE BY MARCUS TOWNEND: Jonjo O'Neill Jnr says he wants to win more races than his father, who rode 901 winners during his career between 1969 and 1987.

This week will be big for Paul Townend. But whatever is thrown at him, the new No1 jockey for trainer Willie Mullins is confident he will take it in his stride.

As the coronavirus epidemic continues to take its toll around the world, more and more sporting events are either in doubt, postponed or cancelled altogether as a result.

The Love Island star, 27, has revealed he's been rushed to A&E with suspected kidney stones ahead of his upcoming hosting stint with ITV at this year's Cheltenham Festival.

Rachael Blackmore concedes she sometimes takes a step back to reflect on the progress of her career and asks herself: 'Is this really happening?'