Can Balotelli resurrect Reds career…?
It’s taken him 13 Premier League matches, but misfiring Italian maverick Mario Balotelli finally broke his Liverpool top flight duck…
Fans will be hoping the 24-year-old lets the goal inspire him to knuckle down and carry on in the same vein – because he wouldn’t be the only Liverpool player to bounce back from a shaky start…
Here’s six of our better ‘renaissance men’…
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(Video) Watch this… Mario Balotelli didn’t just score last night – he worked his socks off!
(Image) Mario Balotelli DID crack a smile after securing win over Tottenham…
Ian Rush
Ian Rush is by far and away our record goalscorer, notching 345 times during his two Liverpool spells – but some younger Reds fans won’t know that it took the Welshman nine games to open his account. In fact, it took him a while to ever get in the side under Bob Paisley… We’re not saying Balotelli’s going to notch quite this many, but there’s hope at least!