Liverpool face Middlesbrough this afternoon, and resume the race with Arsenal to finish in third place.

Craig Bellamy is not fit as he recovers from the knee injury picked up against PSV Eindhoven.

He is the main absentee for the Reds other than long-term injured trio Fabio Aurelio, Harry Kewell and Luis Garcia.

Middlesbrough duo Emanuel Pogatetz and James Morrison return from suspension, while Mark Viduka is also in contention after suffering a stomach bug.