{"id":320926,"date":"2011-03-18T22:57:00","date_gmt":"2011-03-18T22:57:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/2011\/03\/18\/manchester-city-midfielder-nigel-de-jong-warns-mario-balotelli-to-learn-from-his-mistakes\/"},"modified":"2011-03-18T22:57:00","modified_gmt":"2011-03-18T22:57:00","slug":"manchester-city-midfielder-nigel-de-jong-warns-mario-balotelli-to-learn-from-his-mistakes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/03\/18\/manchester-city-midfielder-nigel-de-jong-warns-mario-balotelli-to-learn-from-his-mistakes\/","title":{"rendered":"Manchester City midfielder Nigel de Jong warns Mario Balotelli to learn from his mistakes"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\n<h3>By Omar Shahid<\/h3>\n<h4>18 Mar 2011 22:57:00<\/h4>\n<\/p>\n<div readability=\"70.7753023552\">\n<div readability=\"20.4561403509\">\n<div>\n                <img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"UEFA Europa League : Mario Balotelli, Manchester City v Dynamo Kie\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/58e91960126446_news.jpg.jpg\" \/><\/p><\/div>\n<p>UEFA Europa League : Mario Balotelli, Manchester City v Dynamo Kie<\/p>\n<h4>Related Links<\/h4>\n<h4>Teams<\/h4>\n<h4>Players<\/h4>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>        <span readability=\"37.8012866333\"><\/p>\n<p>        <a href=\"http:\/\/www.goal.com\/en-gb\/teams\/england\/109\/man-city\">Manchester City<\/a> midfielder <a href=\"http:\/\/www.goal.com\/en-gb\/people\/netherlands\/4138\/nigel-de-jong\">Nigel de Jong<\/a> has urged team-mate <a href=\"http:\/\/www.goal.com\/en-gb\/people\/italy\/16127\/mario-balotelli\">Mario Balotelli<\/a> to learn from his mistakes after his latest disciplinary problem.<\/p>\n<p>Balotelli was sent off against Dinamo Kiev on Thursday for a high challenge and has since expressed his apologies.<\/p>\n<p>The 26-year-old, who has faced similar criticism this season, insists Balotelli cannot afford to make such costly errors in the future.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;He is a young boy of 20 and he has to learn from his mistakes,&#8221; De Jong said, according to <em>Sky Sports News<\/em>. <\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I told him, everyone told him. He is still part of the squad and has a lot of potential. <\/p>\n<p>&#8220;He is a very good player but has to realise, on a professional level, you sometimes have to change your mentality.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The Dutch international wants Balotelli to learn from the more senior players in his team.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We are there to help him, not to criticise him or blast him away,&#8221; added the Dutch international. <\/p>\n<p>&#8220;He is still a young lad and has a lot to learn. But he has experienced guys around him and has to listen to them. <\/p>\n<p>&#8220;After the game he was angry and he was disappointed. Sometimes you make mistakes and Mario made his mistake. But he will get everything straight again.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>City play Chelsea on Sunday and it has been suggested manager Roberto Mancini will not select the striker.<\/p>\n<p>        <\/span><\/p><\/div>\n<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/58e91960126446_news.jpg-150x150.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Excerpt from:<br \/>\n<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.goal.com\/en-gb\/news\/2896\/premier-league\/2011\/03\/18\/2401245\/manchester-city-midfielder-nigel-de-jong-warns-mario\" title=\"Manchester City midfielder Nigel de Jong warns Mario Balotelli to learn from his mistakes\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Manchester City midfielder Nigel de Jong warns Mario Balotelli to learn from his mistakes<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p> By Omar Shahid 18 Mar 2011 22:57:00 UEFA Europa League : Mario Balotelli, Manchester City v Dynamo Kie Related Links Teams Players Manchester City midfielder Nigel de Jong has urged team-mate Mario Balotelli to learn from his mistakes after his latest disciplinary problem. Balotelli was sent off against Dinamo Kiev on Thursday for a high challenge and has since expressed his apologies. The 26-year-old, who has faced similar criticism this season, insists Balotelli cannot afford to make such costly errors in the future<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-320926","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.0 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Manchester City midfielder Nigel de Jong warns Mario Balotelli to learn from his mistakes - Ghanamma.com<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/03\/18\/manchester-city-midfielder-nigel-de-jong-warns-mario-balotelli-to-learn-from-his-mistakes\/\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:title\" content=\"Manchester City midfielder Nigel de Jong warns Mario Balotelli to learn from his mistakes - Ghanamma.com\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:description\" content=\"By Omar Shahid 18 Mar 2011 22:57:00 UEFA Europa League : Mario Balotelli, Manchester City v Dynamo Kie Related Links Teams Players Manchester City midfielder Nigel de Jong has urged team-mate Mario Balotelli to learn from his mistakes after his latest disciplinary problem. 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