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"Nobody likes a clever-clogs, as Manchester City striker Mario Balotelli found out at the weekend. The \u00C2\u00A324 million signing was immediately substituted by boss Roberto Mancini half an hour into a friendly against LA &amp;#039;home of David Beckham&amp;#039; Galaxy when his attempted backheel shot went awry. Watch the failed Mario Balotelli backheel below:      Arsenal players Thierry Henry and Robert Pires got away with similar failed showboating (against City in a competitive match) years ago, but at least they had already established themselves as club legends long before making fools of themselves:      Balotelli - who was rumoured to have had a fling with Big Brother star Sophie Read - has before grabbed the headlines for the wrong reasons, most amusingly when he struggled to get his bib on during a warm-up last year:      "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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