Balotelli has already said that was blown well out of proportion, went on to say he saw Wilshere against Chelsea and he was a very strong player. Said you were a fantastic team and his favourite for the title or something. I posted the full quote in here somewhere.
Also if we do have Balo and Silva out then we'll just park the bus. Mancini is no idiot and won't hope to field a team of second rate attackers and try to out attack you. Most probably play a 4-4-1-1 and just hope Toure/Tevez can create something on the break. A draw was and still would be a good result.