UCL Final: In what comes as a bit of a blow to Manchester City’s Treble chances, Kyle Walker missed an important training session ahead of the UCL Final. He has been a vital cog in Pep Guardiola’s team as they look to win their first-ever UEFA Champions League. According to Kyle Walker himself, he is all ready to play against Inter Milan as he aims to help the Cityzens out on the pitch. Follow UCL Final Live Updates on InsideSport.IN
Kyle Walker, a defender for Manchester City, is optimistic he will be ready for Saturday’s Champions League final despite recently experiencing back pain. In preparation for the match against Inter Milan in Istanbul, the England international sat out Tuesday’s open training session for City.
Walker exited the field toward the end of Saturday’s FA Cup victory over Manchester United and appeared to be in distress. However, the 33-year-old full back stated that he anticipated being able to support City in its quest to win the European Championship for the first time ever.
Walker said, ‘I’m completely fine, it’s just an extra day of recovery. I’ve played a lot of minutes over the last number of weeks so the manager said, ‘Just stay inside and come Saturday you will be raring to go.’ I won’t be missing the Champions League final for anything.’
Pep Guardiola’s words
Walker played a crucial role in City’s semifinal victory over Real Madrid thanks to his superb performance against Vinicius Jr, which saw City win the second leg 4-0.
Guardiola said Walker had been left out of Tuesday’s training session as a precautionary measure. He said, ‘He (Walker) has had a disturbance in his back. Yesterday he was not good, today he was a little bit better, but we didn’t want to take any risks. We will see what happens in the next days.’
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