Yaya Toure plays down comments from agent

Yaya Toure has asked for his commitment to Manchester City to be judged by the displays that he puts in on the pitch.

Earlier today, the midfielder's agent claimed that his client was not happy at the Etihad Stadium, partly because the club had failed to acknowledge his birthday earlier this month.

However, the 31-year-old has moved to play down those comments with two posts on Twitter.

Thanks for all the birthday messages today. Card from City just arrived... Must have got lost in the post. Haha

— yaya toure (@Toure_yaya42) May 20, 2014

Jokes aside. Please do not take words that do not come out of MY mouth seriously. Judge my commitment to @MCFC by my performances.

— yaya toure (@Toure_yaya42) May 20, 2014