Yaya Toure fails to make his mark as Real Madrid knock Man City out of Champions League

"He's going to be very important for us," insisted Manuel Pellegrini when asked about Yaya Toure before Manchester City's Champions League semi-final second leg with Real Madrid. 

However, on the night, the Ivorian was withdrawn with half an hour to play after a lacklustre performance and with City trailing to Fernando's own goal, which would ultimately see them knocked out.  

Toure had missed City's previous two games with a thigh injury, but Pellegrini started with the 32-year-old after telling the press the player had trained all week without any problems.

Whether Toure's injury impacted on his performance or not, his running stats do not make for good reading.

He covered 7.05km during his 61 minutes on the field according to UEFA. That works out as 115.6 metres per minute - the lowest rate of any City midfielder.

In contrast, fellow midfielders Kevin de Bruyne (125m per minute), Fernando (118m per minute) and Fernandinho (116m per minute) all ran further on average - despite all playing the full 90 minutes.

Jesus Navas, who was withdrawn after 69 minutes, and oncoming sub Raheem Sterling, also topped Toure's efforts.

It wasn't just Toure's running statistics which failed to flatter him, though.

The City man didn't make a single tackle and failed to recover the ball once for his team - a worrying output, given the amount of time his side spent on the back foot at the Bernabeu.