I completely agree with Mr Carlo, a single player can never be the reason a team is flopping, its always a collective flopping, both from the coach's tactical approaches to games and other departments of the team. You agree? Continue for what Mr Ancelotti said.
"We speak about Mario so much - too much," he told La Gazzetta dello Sport on the eve of Madrid's Champions League meeting with the Reds at the Santiago Bernabeu.
"Balotelli is a quality player who has found himself in a team that have lost Suarez and must therefore find different solutions.
"Liverpool's problem is not only Balotelli. It's a complex question.
"Sure, he must help the team to rediscover the good form of last season, but you cannot pin all of the blame for some results on Mario."
Balotelli was heavily criticised by ex-Liverpool players for swapping shirts with Madrid defender Pepe as the pair walked off the pitch at half-time in the club's 3-0 loss to Madrid at Anfield last time out.
The gesture was viewed as emblematic of the 24-year-old's lack of focus and professionalism, but Ancelotti felt it was much ado about nothing.
"It's such a common gesture," the former AC Milan boss argued. "I wouldn't send one of my players home if he swapped shirts."
Madrid boast a 100 per cent record after three rounds of action in Champions League Group B and can seal their place in the last 16 of the Champions League win a win over Liverpool, who currently sit third in the table after back-to-back defeats, away to Basel and at home to the Blancos.
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