Manchester United defender Chris Smalling enjoyed his tussle with Mario Balotelli at Liverpool last week.

Smalling was looking forward to another duel with the striker in Turin until he discovered Balotelli has been omitted from the squad for the friendly against England.

"If you're doing your job and not giving the striker much of a chance he'll probably get angry, and Balotelli is someone who can lose his temper very quickly," said Smalling.

"If I'm shutting down the striker, I'm happy to see them get frustrated.

"I thought it could be round two on Tuesday, but I've seen he's not in the squad so we'll have to wait for that."