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'I fell on the floor and shouted for a penalty. Someone pulled me up and said, "Don’t cheat to win penalties". It was Steve McManaman. I never did it again!' Ex-Liverpool forward reveals harsh lesson he learnt from his team-mate on Reds debut

Steve McManaman in action for Liverpool, January 1995.

Liverpool might have disparagingly been referred to as the Spice Boys in the 1990s, but even they didn't allow new players arriving at the club from overseas to try and deceive the officials.

German star Karl-Heinz Riedle found that out the hard way in 1997 when he arrived at Anfield, with Steve McManaman letting him know they didn't tolerate diving at Liverpool - or in England, for that matter.

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