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LONDON. – Manchester City manager Manuel Pellegrini has told his players they must believe they can win without Yaya Toure after failing to do so in the four league games he has missed this season.Toure is currently on international duty with Cote de Ivoire at the African Nations Cup and his departure has coincided with City losing to Arsenal and drawing with Everton in their last two Premier League outings.

The only other two league games he has missed this season have ended in draws with Burnley in December and Arsenal earlier in the campaign.

Having cancelled out a substantial deficit to Chelsea, they have since fallen five points adrift of the Premier League summit once more.

With a crunch clash against the leaders to come next weekend, Pellegrini has urged his players to overcome the psychological blow of losing the powerhouse midfielder, who will be unavailable until next month. – Reuters.