Yaya Toure Reacts Badly After Missing Out on Award, Twitter Not Impressed

Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang was named African Footballer of the Year on Thursday, beating Yaya Toure and Andre Ayew to the award.

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Congrats, Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang - African Footballer of the Year! #UEL pic.twitter.com/6mJIPzW50N

— UEFA Europa League (@EuropaLeague) January 8, 2016"

Toure had won the award four years in a row prior to 2015, and he wasn't happy about missing out on a fifth award after guiding the Ivory Coast to African Cup of Nations success in February:

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Yaya Toure says decision to give CAF award to Aubameyang over him “brings shame to Africa” https://t.co/NTSNYR4PLT pic.twitter.com/qDyFe3srdY

— Bleacher Report UK (@br_uk) January 8, 2016"

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Yaya Toure clearly delighted Aubameyang won African Player Of The Year. pic.twitter.com/25ZG12Vk4b

— SPORT Humour (@SportHumour) January 8, 2016"

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When Yaya Toure’s mix-tape gets snubbed at the MTV Music Awards pic.twitter.com/o003NjREAW

— Bleacher Report UK (@br_uk) January 8, 2016"

It's fair to say fans on Twitter were not impressed with Toure's extreme reaction:

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@br_uk this guy is mad 😕😕

— Fetty Kakashi (@Dreez_b) January 8, 2016"

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@br_uk give that man a birthday cake to show him he's loved!!! o wait...... That simply won't do lol 😭

— Mickey loughran (@LoughranMickey) January 8, 2016"

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@br_uk if Yaya put as much effort on the pitch as he did into this speech, he might have won.

— Paul Schofield (@schofey27) January 8, 2016"

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@br_uk Yaya Toure be like pic.twitter.com/BDSIFTbyol

— Wio (@ColoWio) January 8, 2016"

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@samwoodcock88 @br_uk selfish on and off the pitch it seems. Can't understand these comments

— Oliver Wilson (@Juice_Wilson) January 8, 2016"

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If we follow the criterias you're preaching zol @YayaToure it means that you stole 2012 2013 African Player of the year awards yep ?

— Lotfi Wada (@LotfiWada) January 8, 2016"

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Yaya Toure barely broke sweat in 2015 while Auba became one of the elite strikers in Europe. Hard to see how he's upset.

— Jack (@JackWatson_) January 8, 2016"

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Yaya Toure says AFCON POTY decision shames Africa by disregarding achievements in Africa. Maybe he should play in the Ivorian Ligue 1

— Clark Whitney (@Mr_Bundesliga) January 8, 2016"

Yaya Toure, a sore loser. Who'd have thought?

[Twitter]