These were the best of the Yaya Touré drinking jokes after the Manchester City midfielder accepted a drink-driving charge despite insisting he does not drink alcohol.

The player was reportedly fined £54,000 and banned from driving for 18 months at Barkingside Magistrates Court after an alcohol reading of 75 micrograms per 100 millilitres of breath – almost three times the legal limit.

Touré later released a statement on Facebook explaining how he had told the court that he had not “intentionally consumed alcohol” and is said to have ‘thought he was drinking diet cola from a jug at a party, without realising it had brandy in it’.

He says that “it is well known that I am a Muslim and do not drink” but with some seemingly suspicious of this claim, here are the best Yaya Touré drinking jokes:

Toure has said he wasn't intentionally drinking.

Sounds just like when I go out I don't intentionally get smashed & fall asleep on a kebab. pic.twitter.com/vwQW03CAF1

— TheODDSbible (@TheOddsBible) December 13, 2016

@YayaToure you must have been pissed when you wrote this 😂😂

— Daz Clarke (@DazClarke91) December 13, 2016

Yaya (likely s)Touré, more like. https://t.co/0R0EDGCgUs

— McYulemins (@Danny_McMoomins) December 13, 2016

"I slipped & fell on 8 double vodka's and 4 Jagerbombs" pic.twitter.com/M7HlnTI21j

— Footy Accumulators (@FootyAccums) December 13, 2016

@YayaToure @philmcnulty the immaculate inebriation

— Tange (@TheTange) December 13, 2016

To be fair to Yaya Toure: who hasn't unintentionally consumed six pints and a Jagerbomb chaser? Happens all the time.

— Dan Levene (@danlevene) December 13, 2016

@FootyAccums them wine gums are a bastard

— michael saunders (@mickeysaunders) December 13, 2016

Yaya Toure's ‘I was not intentionally consuming alcohol’ has to be up there… pic.twitter.com/Noe0fO080O

— Paddy Power (@paddypower) December 13, 2016

Yaya Toure's excuse of ‘I was not intentionally consuming alcohol’ means he must have gone on a Chocolate Liqueur binge.

— Jon Imm (@JonImm) December 13, 2016

Yaya Toure's desk https://t.co/KiUXBSQCQA

— Football Burp ⚽ (@FootballBurp) December 13, 2016

Poor Yaya Toure. How was he supposed to know that Curiosity Cola stuff contains 0.5% alcohol. Must have drunk a whole lorry load.

— Greg Johnson (@gregianjohnson) December 13, 2016

Of course #YayaToure did not intentionally consume alcohol. He was too pissed to know what he was doing

— Mark Lewis (@MLewisLawyer) December 13, 2016

That must have been a hell of a brandy soaked mince pie to put Toure over the limit 🍺😂 pic.twitter.com/OCVOjchaDC

— Freebets.co.uk (@freebetscouk) December 13, 2016

#yayatoure is going to change his name to Mohammered

— chantelle (@chanfurneaux) December 13, 2016

Gonna start using the Yaya defence when I stumble home really pissed. Didn't intentionally drink alcohol, was accidental.

— Steven (@Esteemedkompany) December 13, 2016

Yaya Toure has spoken… pic.twitter.com/VyhzaOtfpw

— UNILAD Football (@UNILADFooty) December 13, 2016

If the City squad have anything about them, there'll be a life sized cardboard cut-out of Helen Mirren in Toure's dressing room spot by 8am.

— GeorgeWeahsCousin (@WeahsCousin) December 13, 2016

Ha ha. Come on Yaya. Just hold your hands up. I once thought I was eating a salad from a Chinese buffet pic.twitter.com/6dlTJbgkVg

— Jon Parkin (@Parky08) December 13, 2016

Rare footage of #YayaToure, forced to drink Alcohol, when he didn't want to! He clearly refused! #Hypocrite pic.twitter.com/8UR96SKIuC

— Mohsin Rizvi (@mozude) December 13, 2016

If your https://t.co/Tx4iBYDtXR & cant taste, Brandy in coke.He must eat shit sandwiches for breakfast & think it's peanut butter #yayatoure

— JOHNO (@davidaj09) December 13, 2016