Yaya’s running stats

“He’s going to be very important for us,” insisted Manuel Pellegrini when asked about Yaya Toure before Manchester City’s Champions League semi-final second leg with Real Madrid.

However, on the night, the Ivorian was withdrawn with half an hour to play after a lacklustre performance and with City trailing to Fernando’s own goal, which would ultimately see them knocked out.  

Toure had missed City’s previous two games with a thigh injury, but Pellegrini started with the 32-year-old after telling the press the player had trained all week without any problems.

Whether Toure’s injury impacted on his performance or not, his running stats do not make for good reading.

He covered 7.05km during his 61 minutes on the field according to …

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