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Balotelli's training habits a 'disgrace', says former Liverpool striker Lambert

Rickie Lambert has labelled Mario Balotelli's training habits a "disgrace", while admitting his frustration that the Italian started ahead of him at Liverpool.

The two were team-mates at Anfield in 2014-15 after Lambert joined his boyhood club from Southampton.

That same summer, Balotelli came to Liverpool in a shock move from AC Milan, with the two tasked with replacing the goal production of Barcelona-bound Luis Suarez.

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It didn't happen, with the duo only combining for seven goals during what turned out to be their lone campaign at Anfield.