Manchester City striker Mario Balotelli is urging the public to be careful with fireworks!

A day before starring in City's derby win, Balotelli's home was visited by firefighters after a firecracker went off in his bathroom.

"The newspapers got the story wrong about me and the fire at my house. I didn't set any fireworks off, it was a friend of mine. I didn't know anything about it until I heard the shouting coming from the bathroom," he told City's website.

"Luckily, nobody was injured, and my friend apologised to me for the damage to my house. It was a really stupid thing for him to do, someone could have been really hurt, and I was really, really angry with him about it.

"They can be very dangerous if they are not used in the right way. People should follow the firework code."