from The Telegraph:
Roberto Mancini was forced to intervene to calm the volatile tempers of Mario Balotelli and Jerome Boateng following a training ground clash between the two Manchester City players on Friday.The City manager, who has seen midfielders James Milner and Yaya Toure involved in a heated tunnel argument and Emmanuel Adebayor and Vincent Kompany row on the pitch this season, separated Balotelli and Boateng after Balotelli reacted angrily to a challenge by the German defender during preparations for Saturday's Eastlands encounter with Bolton. The incident, shown on the accompanying photographs, saw the two players shove each other before Boateng grabbed Balotelli by the throat. Mancini then spoke to the two players before taking 20-year-old Balotelli aside in an effort to defuse the spat. Balotelli, whose hot-headed reputation marred his time at Inter Milan prior to his £22 million transfer to City in August, appeared to draw a line under the incident by embracing Boateng within seconds of the initial flare-up.
