Liverpool keeper Simon Mignolet compares injuries to Ivan Drago

Liverpool eventually ended up coasting to a win over reigning champions Leicester City on Saturday but the comprehensive 4-1 victory hardly passed without incident.

While Lucas Leiva provided the laughs with a truly woeful "assist" for Jamie Vardy's consolation goal, goalkeeper Simon Mignolet endured a trying afternoon after finding himself on the wrong side of a flailing Robert Huth.

Indeed, the Belgian keeper suffered a cut above his eye and a bloodied nose in the collision, though he was still able to make light of his injuries by comparing himself to Rocky IV antagonist Ivan Drago after the final whistle.

"They always told me that I look a bit like Ivan Drago (but) I never wanted to…