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Manchester City<\/a> boss Roberto Mancini<\/a> hopes Mario Balotelli<\/a> learned an “important lesson” after being substituted against LA Galaxy<\/a> on Sunday.
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The 20-year-old had helped his side take the lead by converting a penalty, but paid the price for showboating when his manager took him off.<\/p>\n

With 30 minutes of the game gone, Balotelli tried to score with an ambitious backheel despite being through on goal.<\/p>\n

Mancini said: “I didn\u2019t speak to him. But I think that we need to be always professional, always serious, and for me in that case Mario wasn\u2019t professional. And for this I changed him.<\/p>\n

“In football we should be serious, always. And if you have a chance to score, you should score. Only this, for me, it\u2019s finished now. And I hope for him it is an important lesson.”<\/p>\n

The ex-Lazio boss also wants the youngster to keep a check on his emotions.<\/p>\n

“Sometimes he needs to control his emotions, yes,” Mancini admitted to Goal.com<\/strong> following the match, which City won on penalties after drawing 1-1. “Mario is good player, but he’s young and needs to improve as a player and as a man sometimes.”<\/p>\n

Mancini insists there will not be any further disciplinary action following Sunday’s events, and said: “No, no. To take him off the pitch after 30 minutes is enough punishment for him.”<\/p>\n

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