Liverpool boss Brendan Rodgers says Mario Balotelli missed defeat at Arsenal due to injury.

Absent from the matchday squad through injury was Balotelli, who did not travel to the capital after suffering a knock in training ahead of the game.

"He trained yesterday afternoon with the team and took a slight knock to his knee," said Rodgers. "He deemed it that he was not able to travel with the team.

"He felt it was too sore to travel. The medical staff have looked at it. It was something that he himself didn't feel comfortable with to travel."