Balotelli Out of Arsenal Clash as he gets one Match Ban with Fine

Liverpool striker Mario Balotelli has been given one-match ban, fined £25,000 and his also ordered by Football Association to attend an education course after making racist and anti-semitic comments on social media.

According to reports from this is Anfield news "The Italy international last week accepted a charge of an aggravated breach of Football Association rule E3, relating to references of ethnic origin, colour, race, nationality or religion or belief, after his posting of an image of computer game character Super Mario on Instagram which included the words "jumps like a black man and grabs coins like a Jew".

Image@daily mail balotelli and his instagram post

 Balotelli 24, did not request a personal hearing but submitted written mitigation to an independent disciplinary panel.

The FA said in a statement: "Following an independent regulatory commission hearing today Mario Balotelli has been fined £25,000, suspended for one-match with immediate effect, subject to any appeal, and warned as to his future conduct after he admitted breaching FA rules in relation to social media.

"The charge was that an image the Liverpool player posted on social media was abusive and/or insulting and/or improper, contrary to FA rule E3(1).

He has accepted the punishment and went to his Facebook page apologizing to his Fans and Liverpool, below is the letter he wrote.
                             
The striker will now miss Liverpool's match at home to Arsenal on Sunday, subject to any appeal. His expected to be back in action on boxing day the 26 of December when Liverpool lock horns with Burnley away from home.