I’ll be back to haunt Blues

YAYA TOURE says goodbye to Manchester City tonight, claiming he has achieved his mission of knocking their local rivals off their perch.

Toure said that ending Manchester United’s domestic dominance and helping City emerge from the shadow of their huge success was his proudest moment.

After 315 games and 82 goals, three Premier League titles, two League Cups and one FA Cup, Toure brings the curtain down on his City career against Brighton.

The midfielder will lead out the Blues on his farewell appearance, with United still in the shadow of the so-called “noisy neighbours”.

Asked if overhauling United was his biggest achievement at City, Toure, who joined from Barcelona for £24million in 2010, said: “To be honest, yes. That’s true. When I came to City, for them to be a big club, we had to put United in the shadow.

“They had so many trophies and Champions League finals, so that was the purpose – although we knew it would be difficult.”

He identified City’s 1-0 FA Cup semi-final win over United at Wembley in 2011 as a defining moment in their emergence as a major force.

Toure, who turns 35 on Sunday, scored the winner that day and repeated the feat in the final against Stoke, landing City’s first major trophy for 35 years.

But he said: “The FA Cup semi-final was a big part of it. When I scored that goal, it was a message – they knew City were coming.

“They had such confidence in that game and thought they were going to beat us.

“They missed big chances and, at half-time, we were nearly fighting in the dressing-room.

“But we had a chat and you saw a different City in the second-half. It was brilliant.”

Despite his heroics on the pitch, Toure has also been a controversial figure – not helped by his agent Dimitry Seluk shooting his mouth off.

In 2014, Seluk accused City of “disrespect” by not giving the Ivorian a cake to mark his 31st birthday.

Seluk’s running feud with Pep Guardiola also saw Toure exiled from City’s first-team last season – until an apology was received.

“The way I behaved during those difficult two years, I was behaving like a proper person,” said Toure.

“My step-father [Seluk] is crazy

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