da cassino online： Mario Balotelli will build on his vital goal in Liverpool’s Capital One Cup win over Swansea and prove himself to be one of the best strikers in the world, according to his Liverpool team-mate Kolo Toure.
da supremo： The much-maligned Italian came off of the bench with a little under 15 minutes to play with the Reds trailing the Swans last night to net the equaliser in a dramatic late turnaround at Anfield.
The volleyed effort was only the 24-year-old’s second strike in a Liverpool shirt – his first came in Champions League action against Ludogorets – in what has been a difficult opening few months to his Merseyside career.
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Balotelli arrived in a £16m deal from AC Milan and was mooted by some to fill the void left by Luis Suarez, yet he has struggled to adapt to Brendan Rodgers’ side and has been criticised for a perceived lack of effort.
But Toure – who made a rare start against Swansea – believes that his old Manchester City team-mate has removed some of the pressure on his shoulders and can now go on to prove himself as one of the best in the business:
“For strikers, goals are like food,” he told the Liverpool Echo. “Mario needs to feed himself by scoring goals. Now he’s got that one he will do that now, definitely.
“Getting that goal will be fantastic for his confidence. He is a great player, he has just been lacking goals.
“Mario is my mate and I’ve tried to help him like Stevie (Gerrard), the manager and everyone else in the dressing room.
“We all know he’s a top player. I always tell him ‘you need to get out there and show you are one of the best players in the world’.
“He is one of the best. He has just been missing goals but they will come now.”
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