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Manchester City<\/a> manager Roberto Mancini<\/a> has urged Mario Balotelli<\/a> to stop smoking and insisted that he would “give him a kick up the a***” if he were his father.<\/span><\/p>\n

The Italian boss confessed to being aware of Balotelli\u2019s habit, saying that he smokes around “five or six” cigarettes a day.<\/span><\/p>\n

Although Mancini is keen for his striker to kick the habit, he admits that he is not in a position to force him to stop.<\/span><\/p>\n

When told of the Italian\u2019s habit, Mancini replied: “Yeah, yeah, I know this, I know he smokes.<\/span><\/p>\n

“It\u2019s not okay but I\u2019m not his father or his mother. If he were my son I would give him a kick up the a*** but he\u2019s not.<\/span><\/p>\n

“I told him it\u2019s better you don\u2019t smoke. I\u2019m against \u00adcigarettes, always. For this reason my son doesn\u2019t smoke.<\/span><\/p>\n

“But I don\u2019t think he smokes a lot \u2013 maybe five or six a day. But I told him [he should stop].”<\/span><\/p>\n

City currently sit top of the Premier League ahead of local rivals United on goal difference.<\/span><\/p>\n

Despite his side\u2019s comprehensive 6-1 victory over United in October, Mancini is aware of the threat that their rivals will pose in the title race.<\/span><\/p>\n

“If we want to win this title we will try to win every game because United are very strong,” said the former Inter coach.<\/span><\/p>\n

“They are used to being at the top for a long time. But I don\u2019t think for us it makes any difference whether we are on the top or behind by one point.<\/span><\/p>\n

“In the end it could be United are better than us, but we will be okay if we focus on the next 20 games and think positively in difficult moments.<\/span><\/p>\n

“In every championship every team has a difficult moment. United have had only one, which was against us. But there will be difficult moments again for United, us and Tottenham.”<\/span><\/p>\n

United\u2019s injury woes have been well-documented, and Mancini confessed that his side cannot afford to have similar problems.<\/span><\/p>\n

He continued: “United have four or five important players injured. If we were to get that problem it will be a big problem.<\/span><\/p>\n

“Probably they are better than us, but we want to win this title and we will do everything to win it.”<\/span><\/p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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