It may be of meagre consolation to the Premier League forwards who have been left bearing the bumps and bruises of a brush with Martin Skrtel this season, but the Liverpool defender isn't half as menacing off the pitch as he is on it.
The centre-back and a neighbour from across Stanley Park, Everton's Leighton Baines, are the only two outfield players not to have missed a single minute of the Premier League season with Roy Hodgson's replacement by Kenny Dalglish doing nothing to alter Skrtel's stature as a first-team regular at Anfield. Despite that, his imposing shaven head has not swollen an inch.
