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title: "Toure talks Balotelli"
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language: "en-GB"
author: "Read Liverpool"
section: "Liverpool News"
published: "2015-01-14T14:38:57Z"
modified: "2015-01-14T14:45:32Z"
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# Toure talks Balotelli

Kolo Toure has today spoken about Mario Balotelli and admited he’s in the middle of a tough period at the club.

In a recent interview with Swedish paper Aftonbladet, he discussed the Italian and his season so far.

Toure said: “*Balotelli is a world-class player but of course it has been a tough period for him…*“

“*I try to help him by talking to him, everyone knows he is a good player. Strikers need to score goals and when they don’t their confidence is affected. But as I said he is world class.*”

Balotelli has struggled this season at Liverpool, with just 2 goals so far, neither of which have come in the Premier League.

Kolo also mentioned the Reds’ recent form, which has seen them record a current unbeaten record of 12 games:

“*Everything is better now and I hope we can continue down that path. I think we have developed as a team \[as the season has gone on\]*.”