Balotelli joins firework safety campaign
October 25, 2011
Manchester City striker Mario Balotelli has come full circle since his bathroom fire escapade by fronting a campaign to promote firework safety.
GettyImagesMario Balotelli is mobbed by his team-mates after silencing Old Trafford
Balotelli was at the heart of the action in the Manchester derby, scoring the first two goals in an incredible 6-1 defeat of arch rivals United. The Italian, though, hogged the headlines before the game when fireworks were let off in his house the day before the clash.
The colourful front-man responded by revealing a t-shirt which read 'Why alwaysme?' after his opening goal. Balotelli added that fans could "work out'" what his t-shirt message meantand, after a year that has seen him involved in a number of controversial,sometimes comical, incidents, he insists that the latest one was not his doing.
"The thing at the weekend didn't come from me, it came from one of my friendsand one of my brother's friends," he said. "Maybe I should be more careful about who I let in my house. But it wasn'tabout me, I didn't do anything."
Balotelli, meanwhile, hailed City's on-field triumph on Sunday as "one of the best" team performances he has been involved with since joining the club from Inter Milan.
"The feeling was great. To win a derby away at Old Trafford is one thing, butto win it 6-1, none of us knew what to say. We were really happy," he told theclub's official website.
"It was brilliant. It was a great atmosphere; it was a derby, so that's whatyou expect. My first goal was a good goal. I'm a striker and sometimes you don'tthink about what you will do.
"Those types of goal, sometimes they go inside and sometimes they don't. Itwas on target and it was a good goal, so I was happy.
"I think this win and this performance showed everyone that we can be thebest. I think [Sunday] was one of the best we have ever playedtogether for sure.''
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