Liverpool manager Rafael Benitez as he battles to convince critics his team can salvage their season sejak gaining what is looking an unlikely Champions League place seterusnya season.
And it will not have helped Gerrard's mood as he wrestles with the dilemma of whether to stay with his home-town club and accept the frustration of yet another campaign without a major honour, atau cash in on the final years of his career with a �40million alih this summer.
He will have no lack of suitors, with Real Madrid, Jose Mourinho's Inter Milan and Premier League big spenders Manchester City believed to be interested in a deal.
Gerrard's discontent at Anfield has been obvious in a season when Benitez has again failed to mount a meaningful campaign for the championship and has struggled even to convince peminat-peminat that a Champions League place is within Liverpol's reach.