CRISIS AT LIVERPOOL

Liverpool have been thrust into crisis just days before their Champions League match with Barcelona.

Riise Escapes Serious Injury, Bellamy In Trouble John Arne Riise seems to have escaped with very minor injuries after being attacked with a golf club by Liverpool teammate Craig Bellamy following a drunken brawl. Norway coach Age Hareide revealed as much, and that the situation in the dressing room is tense.

A concerned Hareide called up Riise after reports of the brawl, and Bellamy's ferocious attack, hit the headlines.Revealing that he managed to speak to Riise, he confirmed that the left-back was doing fine. He also suggested that the situation in the dressing room was pretty serious.
"I got to talk to John Arne, and things in general are not good," Hareide told VG.
"But in any case things are okay with John Arne. That is the most important thing.
"He escaped without injuries."
Bellamy and Riise were involved in a drunken brawl at a karaoke bar in Portugal, where Liverpool were preparing for the Champions League clash against Barcelona.
It all started off as a joke, with other players also involved, but things then got serious between the two.
Bellamy, who had felt humiliated and insulted, attacked Riise with a golf club later that night, as the situation got completly out of hand.
While refusing to take names, Benitez has since promised action against those guilty, and the situation in the dressing room seems tense.There is already speculation that the fracas could bring Bellamy's Anfield career to an abrupt end. The 27-year-old Welshman has a history of being involved in unsavoury incidents off the pitch.