5) Brendan Rodgers may not have forgotten the Mario Balotelli / Daniel Sturridge penalty drama…
Rumours were rife that Rodgers would start both Balotelli and Sturridge up top at St. Mary’s, such have been the impressive cameo displays from Balotelli, and the return to fitness of Sturridge. However, both were on the bench – and although it could be purely tactical – it would be hard to forget the fact that both were culprits in the embarrassing penalty row that part-ruined our Europa League victory over Besiktas. Rodgers (although not publicly) would have hated the open dispute, when he’s so desperate to portray an image of squad togetherness. Next time there’s a penalty and Steven Gerrard’s not around, you can be absolutely sure that there’ll be no arguments.
