Liverpool trio Philippe Coutinho, Roberto Firmino and Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain surprise young pupils at local school... as the latter jokes about being unpopular: 'I used to do this with Arsenal, they used to love me'

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Philippe Coutinho, Roberto Firmino and Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain gave children at a local school an early Christmas present as the Liverpool trio went to visit the pupils without them knowing. 

The Premier League stars headed to St Paul's Catholic Junior School, based very close to Melwood training ground, to surprise the unsuspecting children who thought they were being interviewed about Liverpool. 

The young pupils, aged between 7-11, thought they were being solely interviewed on their favourite Liverpool players but were interrupted during the filming by the trio, and one child had an important message for Oxlade-Chamberlain in particular.

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Philippe Coutinho, Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain and Roberto Firmino surprised pupils at a school

They surprised unsuspecting pupils who thought they were being interviewed about Liverpool

The Liverpool stars crept up on the young pupils who were speaking to LFCTV

Oxlade-Chamberlain was urged by the kid on the left he needs to get into the first team more

When one pupil listed his favourite players as being Coutinho, Firmino, Sadio Mane and Mohamed Salah, the former Arsenal star asks why his name wasn't called out.

And the pupil replied to the England international by saying: 'You need to get in the first team more.'

After the awkward encounter, the midfielder told his team-mates: 'I used to do this with Arsenal, they used to love me, the kids they used to love me in London.'

Oxlade-Chamberlain, who is still settling into life on Merseyside, didn't appear to be the most popular at the school in Liverpool, with one young girl having no idea who he was.

The pupil on the right was asked whether he likes former Arsenal man Oxlade-Chamberlain

The boy shook his head with Oxlade-Chamberlain standing right behind him as he listened in

This young pupil said she had no idea who 24-year-old Oxlade-Chamberlain is

Roberto Firmino taught the children some of his Brazilian dance moves at the school

Amusingly, another child was asked whether he thinks Oxlade-Chamberlain is good but the pupil instantly shook his head with the 24-year-old standing just behind him waiting to surprise him, to which the Liverpool man laughed before replying: 'Why don't you like me?'

At least Coutinho and Firmino were well liked at the school, with the latter using his popularity to show off some of his Brazilian dance moves.

The 26-year-old, who celebrates scoring with some unusual dances, taught the pupils some of his special moves.

Liverpool stars Coutinho and Firmino had a chat in Portuguese with a young pupil 

Coutinho and Firmino proved popular figures at St Paul's Catholic Junior School

Oxlade-Chamberlain will be hoping to prove the pupils wrong on Friday when he comes up against his former club Arsenal at the Emirates for the first time since making his summer move.

Jurgen Klopp's men go into Friday's Premier League encounter on the back of their emphatic 4-0 victory over Bournemouth at the Vitality Stadium last weekend. 

The Reds currently sit fourth in the English top flight, one point above Arsene Wenger's side after 18 matches.  

Oxlade-Chamberlain will come up against his former club Arsenal on Friday night

Jurgen Klopp's side sit fourth, one point above Arsenal heading into the match at the Emirates