Yaya Toure threw his head back in anguish and gave a rueful chuckle: \u201cI don\u2019t want to live through something like that again!\u201d<\/p>\n
He is talking about Manchester City\u2019s last-minute title victory, when their dramatic win over QPR delivered perhaps the most memorable Premier League triumph.<\/p>\n
But as much as he would love to cruise through the coronation of the Champions\u2019 crown, he knows deep down that is not going to happen. With City, nothing is ever that easy \u2013 as this fraught victory proved.<\/p>\n
Not only are Liverpool desperate to atone for their slip by taking the race to the finish line, but Chelsea are still lurking too. Toure could do without the drama.<\/p>\n
\u201cI don\u2019t want to live through something like that again. We had QPR at home when it was almost too much for my heart. Going right to the last minute \u2013 it was unbelievable,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n
\u201cI think the supporters would say like me that we don\u2019t want to live through that again. I hope this time, in these two games, we can make a difference earlier and get the wins early.<\/p>\n
\u201cAston Villa and West Ham are coming \u2013 we need to be ready. We need to be well prepared for these games and not make it as close as last time.\u201d<\/p>\n
The omens are not good. If victory over Everton was reminiscent of the win at Newcastle in 2012, when Toure scored twice to set up that incredible last-day finale, then there were subtle differences too.<\/p>\n
For all their impressive firepower at Goodison, there were weaknesses too. Even watching from the bench in the final minutes was painful, as the subbed midfielder admitted.<\/p>\n
\u201cMy heart \u2013 phew! This is why I have so much respect for the manager. You can have a heart attack when you are on the bench or when you are a manager.\u201d<\/p>\n
City are not playing with the confidence of champions and that suggests there could be even more twists in this remarkable season. But Toure believes the wobbles of 2012 will at least help them this time.<\/p>\n
Yaya Toure threw his head back in anguish and gave a rueful chuckle: \u201cI don\u2019t want to live through something like that again!\u201d He is talking about Manchester City\u2019s last-minute title victory, when their dramatic win over QPR delivered perhaps the most memorable Premier League triumph. But as much as he would love to cruise […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1699,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[60,80],"tags":[37],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/africanexaminer.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3918"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/africanexaminer.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/africanexaminer.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/africanexaminer.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/africanexaminer.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3918"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/africanexaminer.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3918\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3919,"href":"http:\/\/africanexaminer.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3918\/revisions\/3919"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/africanexaminer.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1699"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/africanexaminer.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3918"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/africanexaminer.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3918"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/africanexaminer.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3918"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}