Liverpool boss Brendan Rodgers admits they're failing as a team after defeat at Newcastle United.
Rodgers bemoaned Liverpool's lack of attacking threat as they stumbled to defeat at Newcastle - but he refused to blame Mario Balotelli.
"It wasn't Mario's fault we lost the game, we lost it collectively," he said when asked about the £16million frontman, who is yet to score in the Premier League for the Reds. "I don't want to talk about Mario, it wasn't his fault.
"I didn't think we deserved to lose but didn't do enough to win it. We had enough of the ball but just lacked that bit of creativity and invention in the final third.
"If you can't score goals to win it, then it's important you don't concede goals to lose it. Up until that point we were solid."
