Kyle Walker sends Premier League title message to Liverpool as Man City star fears 'walk over'

Kyle Walker was blameworthy of immoderate mediocre defending successful Manchester City's 4-0 thrashing by Tottenham and aft the crippled helium warned his team-mates they could not repetition the aforesaid show against Liverpool

Manchester City defender Kyle Walker believes adjacent week's clash against Liverpool is "a large crippled to crook it around" aft their 4-0 loss to Tottenham - but has warned his team-mates they request to rapidly signifier up.

City were ripped to shreds by Ange Postecoglou's broadside astatine the Etihad arsenic James Maddison netted a brace with goals from Pedro Porro and Brennan Johnson sealing a stunning triumph that inflicted a 5th consecutive decision connected Pep Guardiola's men.

It was the joint-heaviest location decision of Guardiola's vocation - and the archetypal clip helium has ever mislaid 5 games successful a row.

City are connected the verge of a situation aft a hard play that has seen them conflict for fittingness and confidence. Things don't get immoderate easier with a immense rubric clash against Liverpool coming up next.

Walker successful peculiar was blameworthy of immoderate mediocre defending aft being blitzed by Timo Werner for Tottenham's 4th extremity and decided to look up to the media pursuing the defeat.

He told Sky Sports: "It's hard to basal present and talk astir it erstwhile I haven't decently digested it yet. I've stood present erstwhile we won titles truthful I'll basal present for defeats too.

"This is the astir frustrating happening arsenic a defender. I don't attraction astir scoring goals, I'm bothered astir cleanable sheets and we're not doing that. You person to spell backmost to the basics and get a cleanable sheet. If we concede 4 goals astatine location we person to people five."

Walker said City were not daunted by the situation of facing Liverpool contempt their barren tally and insisted it would motivate them to rise their level. The Sky Blues are presently 5 points adrift of the league leaders but that could soon go 8 if they bushed Southampton.

Walker sent a rallying outcry to his City team-mates, informing them that they would get "walked over" by Arne Slot's men if they played similar they did against Tottenham. Liverpool person been the astir accordant squad successful the league this season, winning 9 games, drafting 1 and losing one.

"We person 1 squad supra america doing truly well," helium added. "We'll support warring to the extremity arsenic we ever do. The champion mode to crook this circular is connected Tuesday. Hopefully the mojo comes backmost and we spot the mean City from the past 8 seasons.

"[Liverpool] is simply a large crippled to crook it astir and instrumentality 3 points from the squad who beryllium supra you. But we can't enactment successful a show similar that oregon we'll get walked over. We person a Champions League crippled to hole for that monolithic crippled connected Sunday and support wrong touching region of Liverpool."

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