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Mario Balotelli used to score OWN GOALS in Liverpool training on purpose, reveals former team-mate Rickie Lambert as the ex-Southampton striker opens up on his tough time at Anfield and how Brendan Rodgers wanted to sell him after five months!

Former Liverpool striker Rickie Lambert has opened up on his difficult spell at Anfield and how Mario Balotelli used to infuriate him during training sessions at Melwood.

Lambert joined the club he had supported as a boy in the summer of 2014 as part of the woeful spree by Brendan Rodgers - that also included Balotelli - in the wake of Luis Suarez's move to Barcelona.

The former Southampton talisman struggled for first-team football though and only made 36 appearances in his sole season with the Reds, scoring three times.