This from The Fiver (Guardian)

"It was textbook stuff from Rodgers, the way he used the ultimately irrelevant Balotelli controversy as a way of deflecting the blame for Liverpool’s 3-0 defeat; instead of focusing on his team’s inability to deal with high crosses or the failure of his big-money summer signings to make an impact yet, it was all on Balotelli, rather than the hero who signed him. For let’s not forget that Liverpool’s defeat, and indeed their indifferent start to the season, is not down to Balotelli alone. He is a convenient scapegoat but the way that Dejan Lovren and Martin Skrtel keep running into each other in defence and Simon Mignolet keeps donning the clown costume before going in goal might also have something to do with it. Much more of this and Uefa will have to start questioning what the likes of BATE Borisov, Maribor and Liverpool are adding to Big Cup."