‘I’d Prefer To Play Without A Referee’, Yaya Toure Rants Ahead Of Manchester Derby

Yaya Toure

Manchester City midfielder Yaya Toure has hit out at officiating standards ahead of their clash against Manchester United next Thursday.

The Ivorien midfielder was part of City side that lost to Arsenal at Wembley on Sunday, and was clearly furious with the standard of officiating in the match after Leroy Sane’s cross was adjudged to be out of play during build-up to Sergio Aguero’s cancelled goal against the Gunners.

Speaking ahead of Manchester derby showdown, Toure said: “I think the referees have to stop this. I am very disappointed. It is not the first time, there have been a couple of times. “If we have to talk about referees, people are going to say ‘we complain’ but when we see the highlights, for me it is very disappointing. “Maybe on Thursday we are going to have a better referee or maybe play without a referee – I’d prefer that.”

Manchester City will hope to come out tops in the match against Manchester United at the Etihad as their top four hopes could be at stake. Yaya Toure added: “It is a very big game, an important game. We have to do that job and we will see what can happen. We hope we are going to have a good referee.”