Silvio Berlusconi Tells AC Milan Strikers to Stop Playing Like Mario Balotelli

AC Milan president Silvio Berlusconi was delighted this summer when he managed to sell Mario Balotelli to Liverpool, referring to the striker as a "rotten apple."

However, it seems that Balotelli's bad influence is lingering at the club, well at least according to Silvio.

After watching his side lose 2-0 to Palermo on Sunday, Berlusconi told his players to stop playing like the Liverpool striker and get themselves in the box. 

As per 101 Great Goals: "To shoot on goal, you need to stay close to the box. Against Cagliari, we didn’t take a single shot inside the box. So I advise the attackers: don’t do like Balotelli. In order to shoot and score, stay close to the goal."

The criticism comes despite Milan actually being quite good in front of goal this season.

Milan have scored 18 goals in Serie A, which puts them only behind Napoli in terms of goals, although they are only seventh in the table. 

[101 Great Goals]