VIDEO: Mario Balotelli fails miserably with bicycle kick attempt

Liverpool fell 3-0 to Manchester United on Sunday at Old Trafford, and while there were plenty of awful elements to the Reds' performance, one positive was striker Mario Balotelli.

The Italian, coming on as a substitute to begin the second half - his first appearance since Nov. 8 due to a groin problem - was all over the pitch, taking seven shots and being denied a goal on multiple occasions by the brilliance of David De Gea.

The only thing that went wrong for the much-maligned attacker was this ambitious bicycle kick attempt, which can only be described as a wild, flailing failure.

Swing and a miss.