Pep Guardiola can presumably expect a phone call this week from Yaya Touré’s agent, his bête noire Dimitri Seluk, demanding a pay rise for his client. After all those much publicised “misunderstandings in the past”, for which the player had recently if belatedly apologised, Touré is restored to the fray and contributing once again. Here he was decisive.
It was his two goals which condemned Crystal Palace to yet another defeat, a fifth in succession, while hoisting Manchester City back on to the shoulder of the league leaders. A fit and focused Touré suddenly feels a real asset in a title pursuit, a player to be harnessed where, only a few weeks ago, he had felt a faded memory of a bygone era. Guardiola will never see eye to eye with the unrepentant Seluk, but there is talent in the player into which he can tap. City will be stronger for his return.
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