Soccer Extreme : KOLO TOURE was out on his feet in the closing minutes of the Manchester derby after not eating or drinking for hours.The devout Muslim refused to break the rules of Ramadan ahead of the Old Trafford clash.
City ended up losing 4-3 with substitute Michael Owen scoring the winner in the sixth minute of injury-time.
Muslims are not supposed to eat or drink from dawn to sunset during the month of Ramadan, which finished yesterday.
City's backroom staff did not put any pressure on the club captain to do otherwise.
While Toure insisted last week that the lack of food and water on matchday would not affect his performance.
He said: "It doesn't affect me physically. It makes me stronger. You can do it when you believe so strongly in something.
"A normal human can be without water for much longer than one day."
Fellow centre-back Joleon Lescott said there can be no excuses for City's defending on Sunday.
He admitted: "We are pros and we have to look at ourselves collectively and as individuals and realise it just wasn't good enough. We've made mistakes." (thesun)