Manchester City manager Manuel Pellegrini has defended midfielder Yaya Toure following his lukewarm performance in the 2-1 defeat against Arsenal on Monday night.

The Ivorian was labelled 'incredibly selfish' by Sky Sports pundit Jamie Carragher on Monday Night Football but Pellegrini does not agree with the former Liverpool defender.

"When you lose a game, the losers are always doing bad things," Pellegrini said.

"The first shot Arsenal had on our goal was on 33 minutes and they scored.

"We dominated the game - maybe we were not aggressive but we had a couple of great chances and Yaya was involved in all of that.

"I never criticise individual performances."