The 4thegame.com regular feature that brings you the best of the coverage from the UK press. It's not a mere news round-up, but instead gives you all the top headlines, outrageous puns and crazy stories...
Headline of the day...
ANFIELD AT WAR
The anarchy at Anfield continues in the Daily Express as they report on the new war between co-owner Tom Hicks and chief executive Rick Parry after the American tycoon damanded Parry's resignation, only to be told that he won't be getting it. Madness...
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ANFIELD PLUNGED INTO CIVIL WAR
The Times say: "They may have reached the Champions League semi-finals, but Liverpool were heading towards meltdown at boardroom level last night as the tensions between rival factions in the club's hierarchy escalated."
PARRY REFUSES HICKS' DEMAND TO RESIGN AS LIVERPOOL SLIP INTO CHAOS
The Independent say that Hicks has no power to force Parry out of the club, so the chief exec is going nowhere.
ANFIELD AT WAR
The Daily Mail quote Parry's statement: "It is my intention to remain focused on the job of serving Liverpool FC to the best of my abilities at this very important time of our season."
ANFIELD AT WAR
The Daily Mirror say that the friction that is tearing the club apart could lead to Rafael Benitez deciding to walk away in the summer.
BLUES HUNT £20m VILLA BUT REFUSE TO BACK AV
Meanwhile, The Sun report on another club in a little turmoil as Chelsea move to sign David Villa for £20m but refuse to say whether Avram Grant will be manager next season.
HENRY: WE'LL ATTACK UNITED
In the Daily Star, Barcelona's Thierry Henry says that his club will try to emulate Middlesbrough (!) when they face Manchester United in the Champions League semis: "Middlesbrough have shown recently that you can score goals against them. In that game you saw that if you attack United then you can get goals, so you never know what can happen."
Other top stories...
HICKS COULD CAPSIZE LIVERPOOL
Henry Winter in the Daily Telegraph says that these are worrying times for Liverpool and the sport in general: "If football ever contains more people like Hicks then Parry, then the game really will be heading to Hell in a debt-laden hand-cart."
RAFA'S A DOUBLE WINNER
Conversely, The Sun reckon that Rafa Benitez is in the strongest position he has been at the club since they won the Champions League in 2005, reckoning that this latest row shows that Hicks is behind him.
HOW ANFIELD'S DREAM TEAM TRANSFORMED INTO A BITTER SOAP OPERA
The Daily Mirror sum things up nicely with a diagram showing the lines of communication between the Anfield power players. There's lots of red 'Not Talking' arrows flying around...
IT DOESN'T GET SEXIER THAN THIS
The Daily Mail get all moist at the thought of United vs Barca: "It sounds sexy just saying it." Best go take a cold shower...
OWEN AFTER NOU RESULT THIS TIME
In the Daily Express, Owen Hargreaves remembers a trip to the Nou Camp as a Bayern youth player to watch the first team lose to Manchester United in the 1999 Champions League Final. He's hoping to enjoy it more this time.
HARGREAVES MINDS HIS STEP IN EMERGING FROM THE SHADOWS
In The Guardian, Hargreaves explains why it has been a tough season for him with fitness: "It's something the doctors say I have to manage because once you get this problem it stays with you. It's the patella tendon. It's different to most injuries. If you break something, that's easy. The bone or the ligament will heal. But the tendon is more complicated."
MILAN OPEN TALKS WITH BARCELONA FOR £15m RONALDINHO
Bad news for Manchester City fans though in The Independent. Amazingly, Ronaldinho seems to prefer the lure of AC Milan to the chance to play at Eastlands.
JENS: I WOULD'VE STOPPED ARSENAL COLLAPSE
Meanwhile, Jens Lehmann is in a bad mood. Nothing new there, but the Daily Star quote him anyway: "I don't find it very funny that I am behing in the pecking order to someone who only started playing football at the age of 30. I am very angry." Strange, the more he rants, the more funny we find it...
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