DAILY STAR: Liverpool's behind-the-scenes power struggle erupted into civil war last night... Also: Thierry Henry has told Barcelona that the way to beat Manchester United in their Champions League semi-final showdown is by all-out attack.

THE TIMES: They may have reached the Champions League semi-finals, but Liverpool were heading towards meltdown at boardroom level last night as tensions between rival factions in the club's hierarchy escalated... Also: The pressure on Avram Grant intensified yesterday when Bruce Buck, the Chelsea chairman, refused to confirm that the Israeli would remain as the club's first-team coach next season and Peter Kenyon, the chief executive, questioned his side's style of football.

DAILY EXPRESS: Rick Parry stood up to Liverpool co-owner Tom Hicks last night and rejected the American's demand for him to resign... Also: Jens Lehmann has launched an attack on Arsenal boss Arsene Wenger and rival goalkeeper Manuel Almunia as the Gunners' season threatens to spectacularly implode.

DAILY MAIL: Rick Parry vowed to stand firm last night after resisting a written demand from Liverpool co-owner Tom Hicks for his immediate resignation... Also: Britain's Ian Poulter, ridiculed earlier this year for saying he was good enough to be world number two behind Tiger Woods, laid down his marker in the Masters yesterday with a hole in one at the 16th - the first ace in the tournament for three years.

THE SUN: Liverpool's off-the-field turmoil has finally erupted into all-out war... Also: Chelsea have refused to back Avram Grant on the day they moved for £20million-rated Valencia striker David Villa.

DAILY MIRROR: Liverpool is a club in the grip of a civil war after owner Tom Hicks last night demanded chief executive Rick Parry's resignation... Also: Ian Poulter grabbed the early clubhouse lead at the Masters last night after a hole in one at the 16th hole at Augusta.

THE INDEPENDENT: The bitter boardroom power struggle that is plaguing Liverpool took another extraordinary turn yesterday when the chief executive, Rick Parry, refused a demand from co-owner Tom Hicks that he resign... Also: When the morning fog eventually lifted to allow the 72nd Masters to get under way yesterday, it was two young Englishmen and a rather famous old Scotsman pouring sunlight on to the leaderboard.

THE GUARDIAN: Liverpool's bitter power struggle intensified last night when the co-owner Tom Hicks' demand for the resignation of Rick Parry received a public and defiant refusal from the club's chief executive... Also: Justin Rose, as has become his eye-catching habit over three previous visits to Augusta, ended the opening day of the 2008 Masters at the top of the leaderboard last night after a first-round 68 left him tied with the South African Trevor Immelman and a shot ahead of a group of leading players including Lee Westwood. More significantly it established a four-shot margin on the man whom Rose will probably have to beat come Sunday: Tiger Woods.

DAILY TELEGRAPH: Liverpool's progress to a third Champions League semi-final in four years was overshadowed yesterday by another outbreak of civil war at Anfield as co-owner Tom Hicks demanded the resignation of chief executive Rick Parry... Also: Avram Grant is on the brink of delivering Chelsea to their greatest season, but the support from above is not as solid as it may appear.