{"id":49946,"date":"2014-09-22T07:43:08","date_gmt":"2014-09-22T07:43:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/?p=49946"},"modified":"2014-09-22T07:43:42","modified_gmt":"2014-09-22T07:43:42","slug":"balotelli-racially-abused-on-twitter-after-man-utd-taunt","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/?p=49946","title":{"rendered":"Balotelli racially abused on Twitter after Man Utd taunt"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Liverpool striker Mario Balotelli was the victim of racial abuse on Twitter on Sunday following his reaction to Manchester United\u2019s shock defeat to Leicester.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Balotelli, part of the Reds side which lost 3-1 at West Ham on Saturday, tweeted: \u2018Man Utd\u2026LOL\u2019 in response to United\u2019s 5-3 loss at the King Power Stadium.<\/p>\n

His tweet was met by a string of racist messages, including one from an account called @CraigSainsbury which read: \u2018F*** you Mario you f****** n*****. Got eat some bananas and get ebola you dirty monkey.\u2019<\/p>\n

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\u00a0Mario Balotelli received racial abuse in response to this tweet poking fun at Manchester United after their 5-3 defeat at Leicester City on Sunday afternoon<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Balotelli was on the losing side on Saturday as Liverpool went down 3-1 to West Ham<\/strong><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

The account from which the tweet was sent subsequently appeared to have been closed.<\/p>\n

Balotelli has been singled out for racist abuse in the past.<\/p>\n

He was heckled by Italy supporters during a pre-World Cup training camp in May and was on the receiving end of numerous instances of racist abuse during his time at Inter Milan and, more recently, AC Milan.<\/p>\n

Balotelli spoke about the abuse directed at him in an interview with GQ magazine in July.<\/p>\n

\u2018They aren\u2019t used to seeing people who are different, not white, who act not as rebels but normally,\u2019 he said.<\/p>\n

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Balotelli is shown a yellow card after a clash with West Ham goalkeeper Adrian during Saturday\u2019s match<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Balotelli unleashes a shot during the match at Upton Park\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

\u2018I think what the ignorant people don\u2019t like is that people who are different are allowed to act that way.<\/p>\n

\u2018These stupid people, they get angry with me, they say horrible things, but I haven\u2019t done anything different from other people.<\/p>\n

\u2018I have made mistakes, like everyone does, and I have always paid for my mistakes. I think that if I was white maybe some people would still find me irritating or annoying but it wouldn\u2019t be the same. Absolutely not.<\/p>\n

\u2018Jealousy is a horrible thing, but when this jealousy is towards people who are different from the majority, and who maybe also have more than you, then it becomes anger, it becomes rage, and that\u2019s the overt racism.\u2019<\/p>\n

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