Interesting you two lads say he worked hard as I was listening to 5Live on the way home and they were talking about him not working hard.
I think many in the media have made their mind up about Mario and take little notice of what he actually does.
It's annoying really.
Had to listen to that auld c**t Mark Lawrenson constantly have a go at him for not being up in the box.
He wasn't in the box because he was becoming isolated and, out of frustration probably, started to drop deep to get the ball.
Saw a lot of talk about Borini's movement and how it was lacking with just Balotelli.
This wasn't due to Balotelli. It was because Lallana and Coutinho didn't have good games.
When they came off for Lucas and Borini we had better movement behind Balotelli,
and he then didn't have to keep coming deep for the ball.
THAT DOESN'T MEAN BALOTELLI WAS AT FAULT.
Simple fact.
Lallana and Coutinho were both poor.
Most of the time attacks broke down it was with them.
Lallana should have had a goal, which would have been a Balotelli assist.
People complaining about his workrate are still fu**ed off about Suarez leaving.
Pin the tail on Balotelli because it's easy to do, ignore how the game actually unfolded.
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