The Ivorian was suspended for six months by the FA for the failed test.
It could have been 2 years, and Taylor therefore hit out at the strange move from the side, whose treatment of their players appears increasingly poor in light of their involvement in the Tevez fiasco.
“We have had the hearing today and we presented the fact that the FA could have given him two years but only gave him six months because they took into account that it was a genuine mistake and not performance enhancing or a diuretic to mask drug taking,” said Taylor. “He also had excellent character references from Arsenal and a number of other players.”
