Pep’s attacking style is best for Manchester City, says Toure

Yaya Toure has hailed Manchester City’s attacking style under Pep Guardiola as the best system for the team.

The Blues have netted 95 goals in all competitions this season, and currently sit third in the Premier League, five points ahead of Manchester United in fifth having played a game more.

Toure feels City’s attacking style under Guardiola suits him perfectly.

“We all want to play like this,” he said. “Myself, I don’t want to be in a defensive team.

“Defending is something difficult. As a player who likes football, it is annoying to defend all the time.

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“The style we play now is the best style.

“Of course, we try to do our best, we always have chances to score, clear chances.

“We missed them against Liverpool, but sometimes you have to accept that because we’ve been playing a lot of games this month, every three days, and maybe this cost us a little bit.”

Toure retired from international football in September 2016, and will use his time off to recover and prepare for the final run-in of the season.

He said: “We have to prepare now for the next game.

“I will breathe, sleep, run a little bit, be good – because Arsenal and Chelsea are massive games and we have an opportunity if we want to finish in the top four.

“What we have to do when we come back is get these six points and try to do our best because we know it’s going to be tough.”