Liverpool striker Mario Balotelli has accepted aFootball Association charge for a post he made on social media.<\/p>\n
The Italy international was charged under FA rule E3(1) for a post which appeared to contain anti-Semitic and racist references.<\/p>\n
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Balotelli forwarded on a picture produced by someone else<\/strong><\/p>\n\n<\/div>\n
The 24-year-old has written a letter in mitigation to the governing body and has not requested a personal hearing.<\/p>\n
Liverpool hope his explanation could lead the FA to fine, rather than ban, the forward.<\/p>\n
Balotelli reposted an image of computer game character Super Mario on Instagram, which included the words “jumps like a black man and grabs coins like a Jew.”<\/p>\n
The former Manchester City forward tweeted to deny the post was offensive, before apologising.<\/p>\n
Balotelli has missed Liverpool’s last six games with a groin injury but could return to their squad for Sunday’s game against Manchester United at Old Trafford.<\/p>\n
He has scored only two goals in his 14 appearances for the club since signing from AC Milan in the summer.<\/p>\n
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Source: BBC Sport<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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