WALK OVER
Kyle Walker forced in goal for Man City as Ederson injured and Bravo sent off vs Atalanta
KYLE WALKER was forced to go in goal for Manchester City after Ederson was taken off injured and Claudio Bravo sent off.
City's No1 stopper was substituted at half-time after picking up a minor injury and replaced by Bravo.
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The change is understood to be a precaution for the top of the table clash against league leaders Liverpool on Sunday.
But back up keeper Bravo was shown red on 81 minutes after Josip Ilicic went through on the goal.
The Chilean brought down the Atalanta midfielder as he raced through on goal - leaving sub defender Walker to come on as City's third keeper of the game.
After the £50million defender came on, he became the world's third most expensive goalkeeper of all time - only behind Liverpool's Alisson and Chelsea's Kepa Arrizabalaga.
The England right-back was called straight into action pulling off a save from the resulting free-kick.
Walker fumbled the shot, but recovered well to scoop up the loose ball - meaning he recorded more saves in the game than Bravo and Ederson COMBINED.
The defender come shot stopper showed composure between the sticks and recorded more clean sheets than Liverpool in the Champions League this season.
Alisson and Adrian have conceded eight between themselves in Europe this season, proving the job is no walk over.
And the full-back became the first English keeper to play in the Champions League since Ben Hamer for Leicester in 2016.
After the cameo between the sticks, Walker said: “I try and banter the keepers in training and telling them to catch it.
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"As I found out tonight sometimes you do have to take two touches!
“All jokes aside we can here to get a point or a victory and we knew it was going to be difficult because they play man to man and they’re a good team.
“They’re in the Champions League for a reason.
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