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'We had Messi, Henry, Xavi, Iniesta... it was a DREAM!' Yaya Toure believes Pep Guardiola's Barcelona 2009 Treble winners would beat his all-conquering Man City side... as the Premier League legend embarks on a new coaching challenge

Yaya Toure's eyes light up as he reels off Barcelona's iconic line-up from when they won the Treble in 2009.

'Thierry Henry, Messi, Samuel Eto'o, who was the best in the world. After that, Iniesta and Xavi. Then me and Busquets,' he says. 'That team was so complete.'

Indeed it was. The team led by Pep Guardiola that won LaLiga, the Copa del Rey and the Champions League that year is regarded by many as the most aesthetically-pleasing in modern football history with their sumptuous tiki-taka.

Toure, a midfielder, slotted in at centre-half as Barcelona beat Manchester United 2-0 in Rome to gloriously round off what was Guardiola's first proper year in management.