Allegri slams Balotelli

Massimiliano Allegri admits he was disappointed with Mario Balotelli’s performance in AC Milan’s 3-2 defeat to Parma on Sunday.

The mercurial striker struggled to make an impact as the home side focused their defensive efforts on frustrating his involvement, with a yellow card for diving the sum total of his efforts before he was withdrawn for Alessandro Matri shortly after half-time.

Allegri concedes he was concerned the former Manchester City man could have been sent off had his frustrations boiled over prior to his substitution, and was left aggrieved at his side’s “naive” approach to the game.

“In the first half we created little and conceded twice on the counter-attack,” he told Sky Sport Italia.