Kyle Walker has explained that he's learned that goalkeeping is harder than he thought after he was forced to become one himself in Man City's Champions League draw with Atalanta.
"I think it was a little bit of both," Walker said when asked by BT Sport whether he was chosen to go in goal or he volunteered.
"I try and sometimes wind up the keepers in training telling them to catch it and stuff but as I found tonight sometimes you have to take two touches.
"All jokes aside we came here to get a point or a victory, we knew it was going to be difficult because they play man-to-man, they're a good team and they're in the Champions League for a reason so to come away from here, with how we ended the game, with a draw is a good point and we'll take that on now."
Walker earned a lot of praise from his teammates after the game and Benjamin Mendy thanked him for his efforts.
"Yeah I think tonight was a very tough game, we know it before the game and how we fight until the end to not keep a score, I say again thank you Kyle," the Frenchman said.
"Because it's very not easy to take this responsibility to be a goalkeeper and save the free-kick and it's one game we're going to remember it for when we go forward in the cup."
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