Liverpool defender Jon Flanagan has been sentenced to 40 hours of unpaid work and a community order for assaulting his girlfriend, reports BBC News.

The 25-year-old pleaded guilty to common assault by beating of Rachael Wall at an earlier hearing.

A club spokesman condemned "in the strongest possible terms, the player's actions" and said the club will now begin considering "any internal disciplinary action.

"It leaves his own reputation damaged and, through association, he has severely let down the club he had previously represented with distinction."