Mario Balotelli's show of restraint could be the making of him | Daniel Taylor

Due to his chequered past, the Italian's mature reaction to an elbow in the face at Stoke has been largely overlookedOne bad result was all it took. A defeat at West Brom and the press release from Ladbrokes was short and to the point. "Brendan Rodgers is already under threat," it announced. "It's early days but Rodgers is already walking a tightrope."Early days, indeed. The email arrived at 5.23pm, on Saturday 18 August, to be precise. Or to put it another way, about half an hour after the game...