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18th Feb 2015

VIDEO: Liverpool’s Javier Manquillo destroys a ping-pong table mid game

Spanish full-back should stick to the football

Kevin McGillicuddy

This never happened to Forrest Gump

Liverpool’s Melwood training complex is pretty swish and it’s believed to have lots to keep the players entertained when they’re not busy zonally marking at training or dodging poo from Mario Balotelli’s dogs Stevie and G. Table tennis is apparently pretty popular too at the club, but the players won’t be able to play ping pong for a while after this incident on Tuesday afternoon.

Javier Manquillo was showing off his skills against England’s number 9 rated table tennis player Gavin Evans in front of Jose Enrique and Alberto Moreno when disaster struck as he attempted a smash shot.

The right-back – rather worryingly for Liverpool fans – failed to adjust his feet and he smashed right into the table, folding it in half and ending the fun.

We’d expect this kind of thing from Balotelli but clearly the lack of game time has led Manquillo to take a shine to table tennis instead, but with shambolic results.

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H/T to 101greatgoals

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