Liverpool's ace striker Mario Balotelli's picture showing his stunning athleticism has become a viral sensation after he was captured leaping high and performing a mid-air crouch.
In the picture Balotelli can be seen leaping high and performing a mid-air crouch to get out the of the way as his teammate Raheem Sterling scores Liverpool's only goal in a 3-1 loss to West Ham United in the English Premier League.
Twitter users went crazy after Balotelli's picture hit the internet, with one user tweeting that the Italian striker is taking the whole 'Super Mario' thing very seriously these days, News.com.au reported.
Balotelli had also been in the news for being racially abused after poking fun at Manchester United's humiliating defeat against Leicester City.
The striker posted a fairly innocuous reaction to United's 5-3 loss, tweeting 'Man utd ... LOL'.
The hateful responses had several posters comparing the Italian striker to a monkey, with one fan tweeting that he is a 'f*****g monkey'.
Anti-racism groups said that they would be reporting the attacks to the authorities. Other Twitter users reportedly came to Balotelli's defence, taking screen grabs of the abusive comments and forwarding them to police.
