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Publication Date: Saturday, October 31, 2020 3:20 AM
Kyle Walker scored the winning goal in the 1-0 win over Sheffield United and admitted that Man City’s tactics are a “nightmare” for defenders.
Kyle Walker marked his 100th Premier League appearance for City with the only goal of the game against his former club Sheffield United at Bramall Lane on Saturday.
Pep Guardiola’s team deservedly took the lead in the 28th minute and it was former Sheffield-born Blade Walker who scored.
City had seen a lot of opportunities go by, with Aaron Ramsdale making a good save from the field point-blank to deny Ferran Torres shortly before, but Walker’s shot from 25 yards slid across the rain-soaked surface and into the bottom corner of the court. the net.
On City’s performance, Walker added: “We don’t sit back and defend a 1-0 lead, we always want to go and score three and four, which for us defenders is a nightmare sometimes, I can assure you.
“It’s great to get these 1-0 victories and clean sheets on the board as well.”
Walker was impressed by the central defensive pairing of Laporte and Ruben Dias.
“They have done fantastic, especially Rubén since he entered,” he said. “He has played many games and has shown that he is a quality signing.
“I think whoever goes in there, whether it’s John (Stones), Nathan (Ake), Eric (Garcia), Ruben or Aymeric, they’re all going to have the best performances.”
Explaining his decision not to celebrate his goal, Walker said BT sport: “My mom and dad live here, so if I had celebrated, they probably would have gotten really bad. I’m a Sheffield United fan so I couldn’t.
“My first game with Aston Villa was here and I scored with the left peg, so I seem to like this terrain. Hopefully we’ll never know in the future … “
Guardiola says that Barça is over
Victor Font, one of the possible candidates to be the next president of Barcelona, has said that he would like to take Guardiola back to the Camp Nou if he is elected.
But the City boss ruled out the prospect again on Saturday.
“I have said many times that my time as a coach in Barcelona is over,” he said BT Sport.
“I think it’s once in a lifetime that you have to get things done and there are amazing people who can be in charge now. For example, Ronald Koeman is an excellent manager. It’s over.
“I’ll go back to my seats to watch my club and watch the games, but that’s it.
“I am incredibly happy here and I still want to do well and this is the most important thing.
“Hopefully they can pick the right person for the right board to keep this incredible Barcelona club at the highest level.”
Manager Guardiola said he was happy, said BT Sport: “We played very well. We fight to score goals for the opportunities we create.
“But they had a clear opportunity, no more than that, and I am incredibly satisfied, it is very important.”
Guardiola reserved special praise for striker Walker.
“The goal helped us a lot, but not only because of the goal, because of the fact that his concentration, he understands better every day what we have to do,” he said. “His physique, there are no words to explain it.
“I know he may not be so happy to score against a club he loves a lot, but for us it was very important.”
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