That was a fine bit of shenanigans at Liverpool last night on a lot of fronts.
1. Has Brentan not communicated his penalty taking order to the team? Henderson over Balotelli? Seriously? Has Henderson ever taken a penalty
2. Henderson really showing he is captain material by letting Balotelli walk all over him. And then the post goal sulk.
3. The whiny little Sturridge sulk.
4. And of course even though he wasn't even on the pitch Stevie Me decides to call out Balotelli in the media when his manager at least had the sense to go into damage control and deflect the issue leaving it for behind closed doors.
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"Jordan should have taken the penalty. Rules are rules. It should have been Henderson. Mario has been a bit mischievous," said Gerrard. "Jordan is the captain and Mario showed Jordan a bit of disrespect there, but he's scored a very important goal. I think six or seven players would have wanted to take that penalty so if they all say they are taking it, what happens then? Rules are in place for a reason."
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But it appears dumb dumb can't remember the rules he quoted to the media earlier this season regarding the pecking order for penalties.
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"I'm aware that he's a terrific penalty taker," said Gerrard after that match. "The manager has told him if I'm not on the pitch he'll take them."
Perhaps Gerrard has already forgotten about the second part of his statement -- after all, he was not on the pitch against Besiktas and Balotelli took the penalty. By his own logic, Balotelli did nothing wrong.
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http://liverpooloffside.sbnation.com...ario-balotelli