Man City’s Walker deletes tweet mocking Man United – but fans see it anyway
Premier League
By
Mirror
| Nov 12, 2018
Kyle Walker quickly deleted a tweet mocking Manchester United shortly after Man City's derby day victory.
City ran out 3-1 victors in Sunday's highly-charged clash at the Etihad, thanks to goals from David Silva, Sergio Aguero and Ilkay Gundogan.
The Premier League leaders were comfortable throughout the 90 minutes, with United converting their only clear-cut chance of the game - an Anthony Martial penalty.
After the game, as City's players began taking to social media, Walker posted a comical poem appearing to take a dig at United.
But the England international full-back was quick to delete the Twitter post - but not before it was spotted by eagle-eyed fans.
"Our opponent was red,
"We heard the away fans boo,
"We're twelve points ahead,
"And just like violets, Manchester is blue."
Some City fans enjoyed the tweet, with replies ranging from "great banter" to "dying at this".
But even with the tweet swiftly removed, comments continued to roll in. One said: "Are we just going to pretend Kyle Walker didn't tweet this?"
City boss Pep Guardiola claimed he was only partially pleased with the derby day victory following the game.
"First half not so good," he said. "We played like 'I don't want to lose the ball but not the intention to attack or to do something'.
"I feel when I watch my players, a team that feel a little bit the pressure. They want to do well in the derby. That's normal.
"Despite of that, we were stable, we score one goal, the first 15 minutes was so good and after that we didn't press so well.
"They could play more than usual but the second half we start from the beginning much, much better.
"We change the way we press (Victor) Lindelof and (Chris) Smalling, and of course the goal helped us lot from Sergio.
"After we concede one goal, it is inevitable to think about last season (United's 3-2 comeback win) what happened again in that situation.
"But we didn't concede one other chance, we defend so well.
"The free-kicks, they are so strong more than us, and especially when Gundogan and Raheem (Sterling) go in positions like striker, we had extra passes and play so good.
"The last 30 minutes, we made a very, very good game."