Balotelli ruled out of Palace game
The Liverpool Echo believes that Mario Balotelli is out of this afternoon’s trip to Crystal Palace. The news will come as a serious blow to manager Brendan Rodgers, who is already without Daniel Sturridge, and now faces another striker headache.
Balotelli is still struggling with the hamstring and groin problems that forced him out of Italy’s squad for their Euro 2016 qualifier against Croatia last week, but was pictured at last night’s fight between Tony Bellew and Nathan Cleverley at the ECHO Arena.
Now Rodgers must choose between Fabio Borini and Rickie Lambert – who have made only one Premier League start each this season and are yet to score – to lead the line at Selhurst Park.