Irish Sunday Mirror

The Kyle high club BY ANDY DUNN

WALKER TAKES CITY TO NEW HEIGHTS, AS GUARDIOLA DENIES SANE BUST-UP

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KYLE WALKER was Manchester City’s unlikely hero as Leroy Sane’s future was thrown into doubt by Pep Guardiola’s shock decision to axe him from the matchday squad.

Walker scored his first goal for City to clinch a narrow victory over Newcastle at the Etihad on the 10th anniversar­y of Sheikh Mansour taking over the Premier League club.

But glum-faced Germany star Sane was forced to watch from the stands as boss Guardiola (inset) could not even find a place for him among the substitute­s.

Sane, the current PFA Young Player of the Year, had been on the bench for City’s first three Premier League fixtures, but found himself

 ??  ?? LIGHTNING STRIKE Kyle Walker laps after it up his long-range rocket sealed for the win Premier League champions City
LIGHTNING STRIKE Kyle Walker laps after it up his long-range rocket sealed for the win Premier League champions City

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