Liverpool were missing two of their most influential supporters at the FA Cup semi-final against Everton – owners John W Henry and Tom Werner.The American duo opted to return to the US to take in the Boston Red Sox’s first home match of the new Major League Baseball season – instead of watch the Reds of Merseyside get one over their local rivals with a 2-1 victory at Wembley. Liverpool owners John W Henry and Tom Werner skip the FA Cup semi-final vs Everton (Getty) Henry and Werner also own the baseball outfit on the US east coast but made a visit to Merseyside this week, which indicated they may have been preparing to head to the national stadium this weekend.But their only business in the north-west turned out to be relieving director of football Damian Comolli and head of sports medicine and science Peter Brukner of their duties before heading back across the Atlantic.They should return soon, as they hope to name Comolli’s successor prior to the summer transfer window.But they missed out on one of Liverpool’s biggest games of the season – a narrow but deserved victory secured by one of Comolli’s summer acquisitions, £35million Andy Carroll, who scored a late winner. The Cup victory was an all too welcome reprieve from the recent problems at Anfield, with Kenny Dalglish’s men slumping down the Premier League table.But Henry and Werner are also tackling a run of poor form at Fenway Park, with the Red Sox having lost five of their first six away matches of the new season.For now at least, it seems that problems with bat and ball are taking priority over those on the football pitch.

A news article on 2012-04-14 11:30:30 from: The Metro

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