Mario Balotelli jeopardised his relationship with the one figure at Manchester City who has supported him throughout his troubled time in England today when he became involved in an extraordinary shoving match with Roberto Mancini at the club's training ground.
The open nature of City's training complex at Carrington, which has public footpaths running down two sides of it, meant that the embarrassing episode was captured by photographers.
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