Mario Balotelli booked after pointing out racist abuse during Nice's defeat at Dijon, club claimsMario Balotelli points out alleged abuser during Nice's match against DijonNice claim Mario Balotelli was booked during Saturday's 3-2 defeat at Dijon for protesting to the referee about alleged racist abuse from the home crowd. Balotelli was shown a yellow card by referee Nicolas Rainville after pointing out the reaction from supporters to him missing a chance during the second half at Stade Gaston-Gerard. A message on Nice's Twitter feed read: "In the meantime, Mario Balotelli has inherited a yellow card after...getting annoyed with racist insults from the public." Dijon goalkeeper Baptiste Reynet said: "I told Mario that I had not heard racist chanting but he replied to me that there were some. Dijon battled back from conceding two goals in three minutes to claim a 3-2 victory when Kwon Chang-Hoon grabbed their winner six minutes from time.

Source: Sky sports February 11, 2018 12:00 UTC