Mario Balotelli has opined that Liverpool's style of play and general formation did not suit him during his one season at the club.

The Italian striker has returned to Serie A by signing a season-long loan deal with former club AC Milan and has revealed the reasons why he failed at Anfield after joining from the Rossoneri for £16million last summer.

"I must accept my faults but the formation chosen by Rodgers was not suited to my characteristics," Balotelli told Gazetta dello Sport.

"At the beginning I missed several easy chances, then I had fewer chances to score, a bit of bad luck, injuries. A mess of things. I never complained, I accepted the decisions of the manager and I always behaved like a professional.

"The professional Mario didn't just land here in Milan, even at Liverpool my behaviour and lifestyle were normal. Over the last year there was never a problem with my private life.

"I may have put pictures from restaurants on Instagram but that does not mean I did not train, even though I was not playing."