Kyle Walker points finger at Michael Oliver as he opens up on angry Man City exchange

Manchester City's Premier League gully with Arsenal wasn't without contention and skipper Kyle Walker has queried 1 peculiar determination from referee Michael Oliver

Manchester City skipper Kyle Walker has reignited the statement implicit Arsenal's equaliser against his squad connected Sunday, querying the behaviour of referee Michael Oliver.

Arsenal levelled up the scores done Riccardo Calafiori, aft a quickly-taken free-kick created abstraction for Gabriel Martinelli to acceptable up the Italian. However, Walker - who had been called implicit by Oliver - felt helium should person been fixed clip to get backmost successful position.

The visitors scored a 2nd earlier the interruption done Gabriel, but were reduced to 10 men erstwhile Leandro Trossard was sent disconnected moments earlier half-time. City equalised precocious connected done John Stones, but frustrations remained implicit the archetypal Arsenal goal.

City manager Pep Guardiola has suggested he mightiness instruct his skipper to disregard referee orders successful future. He didn't blasted Walker for his portion successful the goal, and the England planetary has present had his say.

"What I'm saying is I've not gone implicit to the referee. Me and Bukayo (Saka) person not gone implicit to the referee - he's called america over," Walker told BBC Radio 5 Live.

"So if I'm being called implicit to the referee, helium past should hold and let maine to get backmost successful presumption earlier the shot is past gone implicit my head. So if I spell implicit to the referee by my ain accord and I'm retired of position, it's my fault.

"But I'm successful position, he's called the 2 captains evidently to calm the players down. I'm walking backmost saying, 'Lads, concentrate, thing stupid, marque definite we get done this'. The shot is past going implicit my head.

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Walker attempted to marque it wide helium didn't privation to beryllium captious of Oliver, saying "he has a hard capable job". However, the 34-year-old suggested the concern wouldn't beryllium the aforesaid for a goalkeeper.

"If helium calls maine over, if I spell implicit of my ain accord, just enough," helium continued. "But for him to telephone some captains implicit and past not fto maine get backmost successful position...

"If I was a goalkeeper, does helium fto maine get backmost successful my net? Of course. I'm a defender, I'm the archetypal enactment of defence helium should fto maine get backmost successful and beryllium acceptable and past stroke the whistle."

Guardiola shared Walker's frustrations aft the game. "When this happens immoderate radical person to beryllium adjacent to the shot and you person to readjust the backmost four, but we didn’t person time," helium said.

"But don’t worry, Kyle arrived successful the presumption a 2nd earlier Calafiori [scored], truthful astatine the extremity that’s what happened. But we knew that ever each escaped footwear they could spell speedy to the wingers and they are truly bully with Saka and Martinelli.

"I don’t similar the backmost 4 erstwhile there’s a afloat determination on, but erstwhile the referee says ‘come and speech to me’, astatine slightest fto [the players] travel backmost successful their position, due to the fact that the adjacent clip we volition not spell and speech to them. It’s not a occupation from Kyle."

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