Yaya Toure of Ivory Coast is challenged by Guinea's Kevin Constant during their Group D soccer match of the 2015 African Cup of Nations in Malabo January 20, 2015. REUTERS/Amr Abdallah Dalsh
MALABO, Equatorial Guinea (Reuters) - Yaya Toure has not been playing to the same standard for Ivory Coast at the African Nations Cup as he does for club side Manchester City because of the different quality of the players around, coach Herve Renard argued on Tuesday. The Ivory Coast captain has looked a frequently frustrated figure in Equatorial Guinea as his under-performing national team have twice been forced to come from behind to share the spoils in their two Group D matches.
“Ivory Coast is not Manchester City. The potential of players is not the same,” said the French-born coach of the eve of their final Group D game against Cameroon in Malabo on Wednesday.
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