January 28, (THEWILL) –Â Kyle Walker has been given a three-match suspension for “assault” and will miss both legs of Manchester City’s UEFA Champions League last-16 encounter against Sporting CP as well as another European match.
After kicking out at Andre Silva on matchday six of the group stages in December, the England international was sent out late in City’s 2-1 loss to RB Leipzig.
Walker has now been given a three-match suspension by UEFA, meaning he will miss City’s round of 16 match against Sporting Lisbon. The governing body of European football referred to his offence as “assault” while announcing the infringement.
Walker recently commented on his blunder in being dismissed from what was a dead-rubber game, saying: “My red card against Leipzig was very bad judgement and a stupid error that a 31-year-old shouldn’t be making with the amount of games that I’ve played.
“I’m human, I make mistakes and I’m learning from that and will bounce back. Hopefully my performances between now and the end of the season can justify that and I’m picking up some silverware.”
The only senior full-back options in Pep Guardiola’s side to face Sporting are Joao Cancelo and Oleksandr Zinchenko, who have both primarily featured at left-back this season.
Centre-back Nathan Ake can also play on the left side of the field if necessary.
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