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Liverpool manager Brendan Rodgers backs Mario Balotelli to succeed after impressive debut.

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SOUNDBITE: (English) Brendan Rodgers, Liverpool coach

"The most important thing for me is that he's seen it (the chance)... it's a great effort with great pressure from the team at the top end of the field. It's come out to him and it either goes in the net or it goes where he put it, which is at the corner flag, so... but he was excellent. I thought the two boys up front, with Rahim (Sterling) in behind, were a constant threat and they're good guys, worked well this week, and I think you guys will see the team ethic, you know. He was pressing, working and for as much as he could, so tonight he was really good."