( CNN ) The irrepressible Mario Balotelli has a message for his critics : `` shut up ! '' Liverpool 's Italian international has started only one game since November , scoring just four goals in 24 appearances for the Anfield club after his $ 23 million move from AC Milan . He missed their 1-0 away win over Swansea City on Monday due to illness . Perhaps a bit fed up , he posted a video on his Instagram page giving the world a piece of his mind . `` Do you know me ? '' asks the 24-year-old Balotelli , looking directly into the camera . `` Did you ever talk to me , personally ? `` Do you know what I 've been through in my life ? `` You just saw me play football on the pitch so , man , shut up . '' In December , Mario Balotelli was banned for one match and fined £25,000 after being found guilty of breaching English Football Association rules by posting a controversial image of Super Mario on Instagram . Balotelli 's had reposted a Nintendo character Super Mario image that underneath had the words `` jumps like a black man and grabs coins like a jew . ''
Mario Balotelli asks `` Do you know me ? Did you ever talk to me personally ? '' Balotelli has scored 24 goals in four appearances at Liverpool .