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Man City veteran Toure admits Guardiola furious with 'lazy performance'

Manchester City veteran Yaya Toure admits manager Pep Guardiola steamed into the players at halftime of their Champions League win over Feyenoord.

Toure concedes the opening 45 minutes hadn't met the gaffer's standards.

"Sometimes, when the manager makes changes, then maybe in your head you're not so focused and we don't concentrate," Toure said.

"We miss easy passes and we miss easy chances. The manager at the end was quite angry with the team. We can do better than that. We played lazily. You have to respect the opponent and the way to do that is to score goals."

He added: "It's human nature that sometimes you are a little bit lazy, think you're super or arrogance can go in your head.

"Especially when you are young. You look beautiful and think you're going to be the best. But we have to keep going. The momentum is brilliant at the moment."

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