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Man Metropolis captain Kyle Walker. (Photograph by Carl Recine/Getty Pictures)
Gary Neville and Roy Keane have labelled Kyle Walker an ’embarrassment’ for his antics in an altercation with Rasmus Hojlund throughout Sunday’s Manchester derby.
Hojlund reacted angrily at a visit from Walker simply earlier than half-time, dashing over to go head-to-head with the Man Metropolis captain.
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Nevertheless, what adopted will certainly function pure humiliation for Walker, who went down in a heap regardless of Hojlund barely making contact along with his head.
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Each gamers have been proven a yellow card for the incident by referee Anthony Taylor, however former Man Utd captain Keane believes Walker ought to have been given a good harsher punishment.
“I’d have given a crimson card to Walker [for the altercation with Hojlund],” a disgusted Keane informed Sky Sports activities (by way of BBC Sport). “Walker should be embarrassed to go down like that – an skilled participant. I don’t know the man and I’m embarrassed for him.”
Roy Keane slams ’embarrassing’ Kyle Walker
Kyle Walker goes down as Metropolis and Utd gamers conflict. (Photograph by Michael Regan/Getty Pictures)
Keane’s former United teammate Neville was commentating on the second stay for Sky Sports activities and successfully teed up the Irishman with an analogous rant.
“It’s poor from Kyle Walker,” stated Neville. “He goes down when he realises there might need been contact. I feel he shall be slightly bit embarrassed when he sees that again.”
Each Keane and Neville have a degree, with Walker positive to be red-faced when he watches the second again tonight.
In the meantime, Hojlund will doubtless really feel slightly exhausting performed by given he clearly didn’t exit to harm Walker, though placing your head towards an opponent is all the time a threat within the trendy sport.
Fortunately for the managers, that is solely Walker’s second yellow card of this Premier League season, whereas it’s the primary for Danish striker Hojlund.
