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Rob Jones, MSN Sport, producer, 11/03/2011 18:07

Football's strangest injuries

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Manchester City striker Mario Balotelli was substituted after it revealed he was allergic to grass. MSN Sport takes you through some of the strangest football injuries.

Mario Balotelli, Manchester City(Mike Egerton EMPICS Sport)

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Manchester City striker Mario Balotelli was substituted in his side's 2-0 defeat to Dynamo Kiev after suffering an allergic reaction to the grass. The controversial forward's face swelled up and he had to be given an antihistamine injection during half-time.

See the pictures below to find out some more bizarre football injuries including salad cream a tricycle and more.

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Paul Scouseblue (Scouse paul from Leeds)

15/03/2011 18:16

Th only medal Mario Balotelli will ever get is the GOLLY WOG Badge of himself of the nelson jam jar

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14/03/2011 20:54

lol @ 'tevez could of gone last summer but is loyal and has always dreamed of playing at city and not barca/madrid/milan. .?' (loving the sarcasm). the face the guy in the suit is putting on at Tony Adams is hilarious. wat excuses tho:

'why weren't you at training, then?'

'Soz Boss, i dropped salad cream on ma foot, innit? S'busted.'

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chris hamblen snr (romanydanette)

14/03/2011 15:33

This excuse for a football player is a load of pollaks. Cant even call him a footballer, he just makes up the numbers. So get rid QUICK ....he only another grossly overpaid conman .

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chris (sick of your face)

12/03/2011 23:41

HEY WE PLAY ON THE STREET, NO GRASS THERE, HE CAN PLAY WITH US, BUT WE TACKLE HARD, HE WONT LIKE THAT!

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12/03/2011 22:37

He was missing the heroin.

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John Whiting (wildecoyote)

12/03/2011 21:47

Balotelli is a total waste of space!
I have never seen him play a decent game for City in all the time he has been here.
Get rid of him before his attitude infects the other players!

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stewart mckay (mcdanger)

12/03/2011 17:23

allergic to grass,thats a fookin beauty,so it had nothing to do with the fact the temperature was -10 and they were chasing the game,and as for mancini,actually expecting fans to buy that whopper. Jesus ..and balloteli shouldn't worry about not wanting to play in the europa league cause they will be out of it soon enough

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12/03/2011 17:02

Allergic to grass in a place where they complained it was too cold to play???, Hope there was a drugs test done.

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alan lyne (fireguy)

12/03/2011 15:42

What a load of BALO-OLLOCKS he,s allergic to football full stop,because he,s useless.About as much good as a chocolate firegaurd.The sooner City get rid of him the better.

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cookie monster (cookmyster)

12/03/2011 15:35

course tevez wanted to stay at ****ty if he had left he would have to give ****ty money

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12/03/2011 15:09

allergic to grass my ****. rumourvil has it that he smokes it like its going out of fashion

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12/03/2011 14:50

@mr-doogle are you on drugs mate? That has to be the most garbled bunch of crap I've read on here in ages. Tevez could have gone in January but stayed, not for more money though like Shrek, he stayed because he wanted to.

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Someone (wokshy)

12/03/2011 11:04

what about the rare type of graze thats sidelined nani for 3-4 weeks

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Someone (aliasbar)

12/03/2011 08:56

Steve Morrow broke his collarbone after falling off Tony Adams who was giving him a piggy-back.

Not quite true. Morrow was celebrating by jumpiing onto Adams' shoulders and supporting himself at arms length, overbalanced and fell forwards over Adams, falling head first to the ground.

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Someone (aliasbar)

12/03/2011 08:50

he was allergic to grass

That could be a teensy weensy problem for a professional footballer.

Erm. How many times has he played and it's only just revealed itself?

April Fool's Day isn't for a few weeks!

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ashley northrop (mr-doogle)

12/03/2011 05:26

haha ive heard it all now.."allergic to grass".100+ grand a wk pro footballer coming out with excuse for being at a club(in the u.e.f.a tin/cup),that he doesnt want to play for.i bet inter threw the smacked a***d whimp at city when they put a bid in.he was a slapped a**e at inter and will be gone with tevez in summer.

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