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Roberto Mancini: 'I will give Mario Balotelli another chance'

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Manchester City manager Roberto Mancini says that he has faith in Mario Balotelli and will give the 22-year-old Italian striker one more chance.

Manchester City manager Roberto Mancini has reiterated that Mario Balotelli will not leave in January.

The 22-year-old striker almost took City to a Premier League tribunal on Wednesday, but eventually decided to pay the £340,000 fine imposed on him by the English champions for his poor disciplinary record last season.

"Mario is unlucky: he is ill this week," BBC Sport quotes him as saying. "It is normal when someone makes a mistake he should take responsibility and Mario did this.

"It's important for him to respect himself. I am his manager and if he deserves another chance I give him another chance."

City will host Reading in the Premier League on Saturday.

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