When there’s no Hendo Hop before the goal, something must be wrong.
Jordan Henderson and Mario Balotelli clashed over Liverpool’s 85th minute winner tonight in the Europa League when the Italian took the ball off his skipper to hit the penalty that decided the game.
Thankfully, rather than pull a Kevin Mirallas, Mario – sporting a brand new moustache – buried his penalty with conviction to grant Liverpool a 1-0 first leg lead over Besiktas in the round of 32.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G7TFyCX4DFU
But injured club captain, Steven Gerrard, was far from happy at what he saw before the penalty and, as pundit for ITV, he told them that Balotelli had acted disrespectfully.
“It’s not nice to see when players are taking the ball of each other,” he said. “Jordan Henderson should’ve taken that penalty.
“I think Mario is being a bit mischievious by stepping in front of him and going against what the manager’s planned. Credit to him, he’s finished the penalty off but it would have been very interesting if he’s missed it.
“I think we’d have had a similar situation to what we saw at Everton a few weeks ago. For me, rules are rules and codes are codes inside the dressing room. When a manager selects a penalty taker, that person should take it.”
It could’ve been worse though. At least he didn’t have the same kind of night as Adam Lallana…
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J45uAsYjYxk
