Manchester City midfielder Yaya Toure has slammed the English media for failing to give him the recognition he feels he deserves.

Since joining City from Barcelona in the summer of 2010, Toure has won two Premier League titles, an FA Cup and a League Cup.

However the 32-year-old recently told French publication L'Equipe he is unhappy with the lack of acknowledgment he has received for his impressive list of accomplishments in Premier League.

"Everyone thinks I am happy: I have won titles, lots of money, but no, I am not happy," Toure said.

"When things are said positively, that interests me a lot. But here in England it is not the case. In these last weeks, the journalists have spoken about a new departure for me. But what new departure?

"I have just finished a season with City where we came second in the league. I scored 12 goals despite the fact I had to leave the club to join my national team, who were playing in the African Nations Cup. I was out for nearly two months and I am reproached for not scoring as many goals as last season.

"Last season I scored 26 goals, 20 in the Premier League and nobody mentioned it.

"When I arrived at City, I heard a lot of people say here that I was going to kill football. A lot of people, idiots I have to say, mocked me. And did you see what happened next? We won nearly everything. I did it, we did it, because I was not all alone of course, but nobody picked up on it again. In fact, it is recognition that I do not have that hurts me.

"When people attack you, you should not respond because, for the most part, they understand nothing. Thankfully, my record and my statistics speak for me."