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Published 11:23 14 Sept 2015 BST
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Except, of course, when he's asked to defend. Then, he just wants to be left the hell alone.
"He made an immediate impression when we were doing work on our defensive set pieces and Balotelli said to Brendan: 'I don't mark on corners. I can't,'" Gerrard revealed.
"I nearly fell into the goalpost. I was thinking, 'What are you? 6'3", and one of the strongest men I've ever seen on a football pitch? And you can't mark on a corner?'
"Brendan was very firm. He said to Balotelli: 'Well, you can now -- and if you can't then you're going to learn.'
"That was the first conflict between Brendan and Balotelli, on day one, but the manager stood up to Mario really well. From that point, Balotelli started marking on corners."
Of course, for all of Rodgers' drawbacks last season and this season so far, at least he knew himself that Balotelli was a gamble.
"In my last season, Brendan Rodgers came to me at Melwood one day in mid-August," the skipper said. "We had a chat on the training pitch.
"He said, 'You know we've missed out on a couple of signings. I'm basically left with no option but to have a bit of a gamble.'
"Brendan paused before he spoke again: 'The gamble is Mario Balotelli.' My instant reaction was, 'Uh-oh.'"
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