Toure plays down Balotelli incident

Reports have suggested the two clashed in the tunnel at half-time during the 3-3 draw with Sunderland, the first time the club had dropped points at home all season.

Toure maintains that there was no exchange during the half-time interval and that he and the controversial Italian have a good working relationship.

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Nick Moore

Nick Moore is a freelance journalist based on the Isle of Skye, Scotland. He wrote his first FourFourTwo feature in 2001 about Gerard Houllier's cup-treble-winning Liverpool side, and has continued to ink his witty words for the mag ever since. Nick has produced FFT's 'Ask A Silly Question' interview for 16 years, once getting Peter Crouch to confess that he dreams about being a dwarf.