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Man of the Match Balotelli swears on live TV

Manchester City striker Mario Balotelli has courted controversy all season but even in a moment of triumph with City 1-0 victors over Stoke in the FA Cup final, the Italian has a foot-in-mouth moment. Balotelli was voted man-of the-match and was involved in City's winner but when interviewed pitch-side after the game he was less than flattering about his season.

"My season was s***, was not very good, today maybe I play more for the team. [Eric] Cantona was really a big player, but I am different, I am Mario," Balotelli told ITV 1.

"I'm happy, I said to the guys before the game that we are better than them but we have to respect them because they are a team.

"But you have to give everything and if we give everything we will win."

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