{"id":14475,"date":"2011-12-15T21:00:05","date_gmt":"2011-12-15T21:00:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/2011\/12\/balotelli-in-new-city-bust-up\/"},"modified":"2011-12-15T21:00:05","modified_gmt":"2011-12-15T21:00:05","slug":"balotelli-in-new-city-bust-up","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/12\/15\/balotelli-in-new-city-bust-up\/","title":{"rendered":"Balotelli in new City bust-up"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.mtnfootball.com\/content\/photo_1323971921046-1-0_280x187.jpg\" width=\"270\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span>Mario Balotelli<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Mario Balotelli found himself at the centre of yet another training ground confrontation with a Manchester City team-mate following a spat with Micah Richards.<\/p>\n<p>According to the Guardian, the two players clashed Thursday towards the end of a practice match in preparation for the Premier League leaders&#8217; game against Arsenal on Sunday.<\/p>\n<p>Witnesses reported words were exchanged before the two players squared up.<\/p>\n<p>Afterwards England defender Richards played down the flare-up with Italian striker Balotelli, telling his Twitter followers: &#8220;Me &#038; mario are all good! these things happen in training &#038; we shook hands after. It shows passion!&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>This is not the first time Balotelli has found himself making unwanted headlines as a result of training ground confrontations this year.<\/p>\n<p>Balotelli lashed out at Jerome Boateng after reacting badly to a challenge and was also photographed clashing with Vincent Kompany in May.<\/p>\n<p>City have repeatedly insisted Roberto Mancini&#8217;s expensively assembled squad is not especially volatile, it&#8217;s just that photographers can get easier access at their Carrington training ground because of a public footpath that runs by the side of the pitches.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a92011 AFP<\/p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p> Mario Balotelli Mario Balotelli found himself at the centre of yet another training ground confrontation with a Manchester City team-mate following a spat with Micah Richards. According to the Guardian, the two players clashed Thursday towards the end of a practice match in preparation for the Premier League leaders&#8217; game against Arsenal on Sunday. 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