Liverpool striker Mario Balotelli has completed a season-long loan move back to AC Milan.
The Italy international has moved back to the club he left last summer in a £16million deal after manager Brendan Rodgers made it clear he had no future at the club, leaving him out of their pre-season tour and making him train away from the main group.
In his first spell with Milan Balotelli scored 30 times in 54 appearances but never came close to replicating that at Anfield, with just four goals in 28 games.
Balotelli claims Rodgers' tactics contributed to his woeful spell at the club.
Balotelli was criticised for his attitude and lack of work-rate but he said Rodgers' tactics made it difficult for him.
"I must accept my faults but the formation chosen by Rodgers was not suited to my characteristics," he 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."
Numerous stories have subsequently emerged regarding the Italian's behaviour while on Merseyside but Balotelli insists he did little wrong.
"I never complained, I accepted the decisions of the manager and I always behaved like a professional," he added.
"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."
