article_snippet: Balotelli opened the scoring at Anfield after just eight minutes, getting ahead of opposition captain Alonso to slam in a long-range shot .
article_snippet: The first had been scored by Mario Balotelli and a cracker it was too, the Italian whipping a 25-yard drive that fizzed into the corner of The Kop net on nine minutes.
highlights_snippet: Liverpool star Mario Balotelli opened the scoring for Carragher's XI from long range after eight minutes .
  