Yaya Toure insists Man City will not give up on the Premier League title
Monday 16 January 2017 14:00, UK
Yaya Toure insists Manchester City will not give up on the Premier League title despite falling 10 points behind leaders Chelsea.
Pep Guardiola appeared to rule City out of the race after Sunday's 4-0 defeat at Everton left his side fifth in the table.
The loss at Goodison Park was a damaging and humbling experience for City but Toure is convinced they can bounce back as they host second-placed Tottenham next weekend.
"I think in the Premier League everything is possible. In football you have to be positive. I am a positive guy,” the 33-year-old midfielder said.
"I know it is tough sometimes but you have to accept that and continue to work hard, and we will have the chance. We just have to win a couple of games and everything will come back again.
"On Saturday we have an important game. We have to keep going. It is a difficult situation but what we have to do is work hard and try to bounce back.
"The league is still long. We have to try to do the business on Saturday and then we are coming back again."
Everton took the lead at Goodison Park through Romelu Lukaku after 34 minutes and Kevin Mirallas doubled the advantage early in the second half.
The second goal appeared to quell the threat of City, who then capitulated in the closing stages as the impressive Tom Davies struck a fine third and debutant Ademola Lookman added another in stoppage time.
Toure said: "When you see over the game it is difficult to take because we were more unlucky than lucky - all the rebounds, the ball always missing when coming back to you.
"But that is football, we have to understand that. It can happen. When you see all the game I don't think we played badly.
"If you look at the result, 4-0, it means we played badly - but we didn't play so badly. We were unlucky from my point of view."
Toure claims confidence in the dressing room will not be badly damaged by the result.
Asked if the players were feeling low, he said: "Low? No. Of course nobody wants to lose this kind of game, and after the way we lost like that nobody wants to talk.
"But I don't think we lack spirit. The guys were there. Sometimes football is unfair. I think it was a consequence of bad luck, what came. We have to try to be positive for the next game and look forward."
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