Manchester City boss Pep Guardiola has insisted Yaya Toure is not a guaranteed starter, despite the midfielder showing great form in his first two games since being recalled to the starting XI.
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The Spaniard, who had initially dropped Toure after a verbal spat with the player's agent, fielded the 33-year-old for the first time in the Premier League against Crystal Palace two weeks ago.
Toure started again against Burnley on the weekend, but Guardiola has insisted he is not a guaranteed starter.
"Everybody is droppable," Guardiola said, as quoted by ESPN's Johnathan Smith.
"Yaya was so important at Crystal Palace with his two goals and how he played but, as a team, our performance must be better so I am concerned to play better as a team.
"Of course Yaya can be important, like every other player. I don't want to put the responsibility on Yaya to win the games, I never do that.
"I trained with the best players in the world so I try to be involved in all of the process of the game so that one player doesn't shoulder responsibility to win the game. It would not be good for Yaya or for the team.
"Yaya is going to play games and some of them are not going to play.
"When you play in that rhythm at that level for 11 months every three days and with national teams and so on, all the players are important."
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