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Mancini happy with Balotelli's Man City debut

Manchester City boss Roberto Mancini was very happy with Mario Balotelli's debut for the club.

The fiery 20-year old grabbed the winner against FC Timisoara in Europa League qualifying in his first City outing, delighting Mancini.

However, the Italian tactician was insistent that the ex-Inter Milan man will need to rein in his temper after he received a yellow card for losing his cool.

"He had a great debut and I am happy that he scored. He is a good player," Mancini said.

"He needs to improve of course and get to know everybody. It was the first time he had played with the team.

"We must work on this (temper) with him because it will be different in the Premier League than in Italy."

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