• Europa League

Mancini mad at Mario over red card

Manchester City manager Roberto Mancini admitted he hopes Mario Balotelli is a frustrated man after his red card contributed to their Europa League exit.

City tumbled out of Europe against Dynamo Kiev at Eastlands after Balotelli was sent off and their 1-0 win was not enough to stop them losing 2-1 on aggregate.

Balotelli was handed a straight red card in the 36th minute for raking his boots down Goran Popov only for Aleksandar Kolarov to put City ahead on the night and pull a goal back on aggregate.

However, despite having the majority of possession City were unable to get the equaliser they craved, with Dynamo going into the quarter-final draw.

"I'm disappointed with the result because we deserved to score another goal, minimum,'' Mancini told ESPN. "We played a fantastic game with 10 players.''

On Balotelli's needless dismissal, Mancini said: "I don't know, from the bench I didn't see it very well. But I think the other 10 players played a fantastic game for 60 minutes.''

Asked whether Balotelli is frustrated by his sending-off, the Italian coach said: "I hope [so]. Because I think with 11 players we would have won this game and got to the quarter-finals.''

He added: "It was a stupid red card".

Mancini also revealed that the Italy striker is set to be omitted from City's squad for the clash at Chelsea this weekend.

Balotelli's team-mate Vincent Kompany was marginally more diplomatic.

"We're disappointed,'' he said. "From the first minute, we had the feeling it could happen tonight, but as soon as we were down to 10 men it became a very, very difficult game.

"It's difficult for me to comment on the action (red card) because I've not seen it. But regardless of who it was, we're down to 10 men and it's a difficult game.''

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