Mario Balotelli is an overpaid penalty taker who no longer takes penalties. Brendan Rodgers thinks differently, and he will need more than a massive dose of good luck to come out of this one looking clever. The Liverpool boss survived the Luis Suarez controversies with his reputation not just intact but enhanced. However, his faith in Balotelli could soil that managerial CV. It seems all the Italy forward has to do at the moment is run around and make a few tackles and he gets nine out of 10 from most Liverpool fans. Mario Balotelli scores from the penalty spot during the shootout against Middlesbrough last week
@highlight
Liverpool manager Brendan Rodgers' faith in Mario Balotelli could soil his managerial CV
@highlight
AC Milan were so desperate to get rid of the striker that they accepted £16million for him
@highlight
Jose Mourinho didn't want the Italian and Roberto Mancini lost patience and sold him
@highlight
Balotelli does a fraction of the work Luis Suarez used to get through
@highlight
A couple of shootout spot kicks and one goal against Champions League also-rans is a mediocre return so far
In fact he missed a sitter that would have guaranteed @placeholder three points.