This Mario Balotelli red card ( see video below) vs Liverpool saw Manchester City being reduced to ten men for the last ten odd minutes of their clash against the Reds on November 27, 2011. The fixture ended in a 1-1 draw.
Balotelli, a second half substitute for Samir Nasri was red carded against Liverpool barely seventeen minutes after coming on.
Balotelli’s red card against Liverpool was due to the striker collecting two yellows. The decisive yellow came when he elbowed Liverpool’s Slovakian defender Martin Skrtel.
Video- Balotelli Red Card Liverpool- Skrtel Elbowed
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Balotelli is the Italian Rooney, but he’s more immature than Wayne
Liverpool is a bunch of p*****s
Hmm… another soft red given to a team facing Liverpool… and guess who’s the ref?
THE ONE AND ONLY MARTIN ATKINSON! The same eejit that sent off Rodwell in the derby against Everton. Utter incompetence from this redshite ref.
At first it seemed as yet another Balotelli blunder but on review I believe that Mancini was correct. This was not use of the elbow but the daft fool trailed his arm in such a way that it gave leave to Liverpool to have a very dangerous player removed. If referee saw the incident then he should have made the correct decision based on his view and not have been pressured into it by non-official sources. Kenny Dalglish made a good point which was certain footballers get themselves into this sort of mess. Enough said.