Liverpool and England's ace winger Raheem Sterling is no match for Brendan Rodgers' new signing Mario Balotelli when it comes to ping-pong.
The Italian, who moved to Anfield this summer, took to Instagram to rub salt in Sterling's wounds, showing everyone how the young winger hid under the table in embarrassment after being defeated, Metro.co.uk reported.
This isn't the first time Sterling hasn't taken a table tennis defeat well, as the Spanish left-back Jose Enrique previously recorded some more ping-pong humiliation for the Liverpool starlet, as the winger tried to crawl under the table again after yet another loss, the report added.
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