Manchester City boss Roberto Mancini insists there will be no fallout from his embarrassing touchline row with Mario Balotelli last night.
Mancini hooked Balotelli after the striker failed to score with a back-heel against LA Galaxy.
After the game Mancini said: "We need to be always professional, always serious, and in that moment I did not think Mario did this. That is why I took him off.
"He knows he made a mistake. In football you should always be serious and if you have a chance to score, you should score. I hope he has learned his lesson.
"It is punishment enough for him to be substituted after 30 minutes. But for me it is now finished.
"But Mario is young. Sometimes he makes mistakes. But I want to help him always. If Mario is serious, he can play for 90 minutes. If not, then he will join me on the bench, as he did. It is the same for all players."
Asked what Balotelli had said to him, Mancini replied: "It was in Italian. In English I would find it difficult to give you the translation. But Mario is streetwise, he knows he was not offside."
Galaxy coach Bruce Arena said: "I thought it was odd. I don't know what the player was thinking, whether he thought he was offside or not."
