Mario Baloteli will have to find a ride to Anfield after being banned from driving for 28 days. Jamie McDonald/Getty Images

Liverpool striker Mario Balotelli was fined £800 and banned from driving for 28 days on Friday as punishment for speeding.

Balotelli was stopped in his Ferrari for driving 109mph early on Dec. 3 on the M62 at Tarbock Island, Merseyside.

The incident escalated after Balotelli failed to appear in court last week, though his solictor Mike Hogan said the Italian star never received a summons and was not inentionally ignoring the court.

Balotelli was also ordered to pay an £80 surcharge and £100 in court costs.

Hogan apologised on Balotelli's behalf but said the footballer has a clean driving record.

However, reports in January suggested that Italian police wanted Balotelli to pay up to €10,000 for 18 different offences in 2012 and 2013.