The Modernist wrote:There's rumours going around that the players were unhappy with the coaching drills in preparation for the Man City game which just focused on punishing fitness work, whereas they wanted more tactical and ball work.
Ties in with some of the comments made by Oxlade-Chamberlain, that a major reason for wanting him to come to Liverpool was to develop as a player and took a pay cut to do so (£60 000 a week less allegedly, though presumably the transfer fee makes a difference).