Three Liverpool stars recently surprised a group of local schoolchildren with a photobomb prank - and you can see their brilliant reactions now.

The 20 youngsters were invited to try out the new special LFC edition of PES 2019, which is available exclusively on PlayStation 4 and can be purchased here.

When the gaming was over, the kids were asked to strike their best pose alongside cutouts of the cover stars – Trent Alexander-Arnold, Roberto Firmino and Virgil van Dijk – in what would prove to be a fake photo shoot.

Because, unbeknown to the guests, the three virtual heroes they had been playing as were waiting in the wings to meet – and surprise – them for real…