Neville: Balotelli 'only plays for himself'

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Former England international Phil Neville sums up another poor display by Liverpool striker Mario Balotelli at Anfield. 

The Italian was substituted after 45 minutes and was spotted swapping shirts with Real Madrid defender Pepe as the teams went off at half-time. 

Neville, reacting to reports of the 24-year-old swapping shirts said: "It's the body language that I'm not impressed with. He can infuriate you and we want to see more effort from him. There's no 'I' in team, but there is one in Balotelli's team because he only plays for himself." 

This clip was taken from 5 live Sport Wednesday 22nd October 2014.

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