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MADCAP Mario Balotelli was sent by his mum to buy cleaning materials � and brought home a lorryload of boys' toys instead. The Man City idol � famed for his wacky antics � was sent out by trusting Silvio in search of an iron and ironing board, plus other household items for the cleaner at his mansion. But after five hours the 21-year-old returned from John Lewis empty-handed. Moments later a store van arrived, bearing none of the items on Silvio's list, but carrying a giant trampoline, Scalextric, two Vespa scooters and a table tennis set. Fuming Silvio, who was in the UK to keep an eye on her wayward soccer star son, was forced to read him the riot act. Italian Balotelli netted against local rivals Man Utd on Sunday � hours after pals set off fireworks in his bathroom, sparking a blaze at his Cheshire home. He unveiled a T-shirt at Old Trafford with the slogan: "Why Always Me?"