Manchester City boss Roberto Mancini was disappointed to see Mario Balotelli pop up in Italy this week.

Balotelli went back to his old club Inter Milan and interrupted the unveiling of their new manager Andrea Stramaccioni, shaking hands with him at the top table before leaving.

Mancini said: "I can't take him and put him in his house for two days!

"Probably the moment will arrive when he understands what he should do when he has two days off.

"I hope for him he grows out of this because he needs to improve in this area. It is his job, he needs to work, he needs to rest.

"But he is young. I just hope he can score five or six important goals in the last eight games."