Never mind the injury list that includes Momo Sissoko, Luis Garcia and Harry Kewell, Liverpool's available players are afflicted by a more troubling malaise.
Sunday Times
Schwarzer prolongs Liverpool's sorry run
Mindful of falling attendances here, Middlesbrough slashed their ticket prices to £24 yesterday and were rewarded with a much improved crowd.
Sunday Telegraph
Schwarzer keeps Liverpool firing blanks
Over the past couple of seasons, Middlesbrough have tended to thrive at home against the Premiership's top sides only to come up short against the strugglers.
The Observer
Gerrard's central casting fails to improve same old story
Steven Gerrard may have been reinstated to his favoured central role, but it failed to revive his side's stupor away from Anfield.
Independent on Sunday