Liverpool were let down by their captain Steven Gerrard during Sunday's match with Manchester United and they were in determined mood to not allow one of their other players see red. So determined in fact that they stopped Mario Balotelli doing something stupid after a coming together between Mario and Chris Smalling. Liverpool were down to 10 men after Gerrard, on as a half-time substitute, was sent off for stamping on Ander Herrera just 46 seconds into the second half. Balotelli came on later on in the second half, replacing Alberto Moreno on 66 minutes, and picked up a booking just a minute later for a stupid challenge of Phil Jones. A tussle between Balotelli and Smalling later left the Italian striker tumbling into the advertising hoardings. When 'Super Mario' got up it looked as if the former Manchester City striker was about to go after Smalling, that was until a few Liverpool fans, sat behind the hoarding, intervened to hold Balotelli back and stop him from doing something he might regret.
Balotelli hasn't always had the best time since moving to Anfield in the summer but the Italian international has at least embraced the fans and seems to be enjoying his time with the club. It was a good job the fans held him back as Mario is hardly well known for keeping his cool and Liverpool could hardly have afforded to lose another player. The incident brought a new meaning to fans being the twelfth man, or eleventh on this occasion.
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