Man City fans call for player to be dropped after Newcastle draw as they fume 'yet again'

Manchester City fans are calling on the club to allow one player to leave the club in January after their side's 1-1 draw against Newcastle.

City went ahead in the first half through Josko Gvardiol's stunning strike, but conceded an equaliser just 10 minutes into the second 45 minutes.

Anthony Gordon won a penalty by forcing a foul from City goalkeeper Ederson, with the Brazilian bringing him down in the area when he was otherwise clean through.

Gordon himself took responsibility from the spot, firing the ball into the bottom left corner in the opposite direction to Ederson's dive.

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Replays from the original move showed that the Newcastle star successfully broke the offside trap as he ran through on goal.

But while the City trio of Gvardiol, Ruben Dias and Manuel Akanji managed to get in front of Gordon, it was Kyle Walker that played him onside.

And City fans were not happy.

One wrote: "Kyle Walker once again playing someone onside because he's ball watching."

Another summarised: "Kyle Walker is Guardiola's biggest blind spot. Don't know how he can possibly be entertaining giving him a start after last weekend's shambles."

A third said: "Walker always playing everyone onside goodness me."

While a fourth simply wrote: "Kyle Walker again and again and again."

Walker has regained his place in the team in recent weeks after missing the opening games of the season following Euro 2024.

The Newcastle clash saw usual right-back Rico Lewis slot in to midfield in place of Rodri, who was injured against Arsenal.

And after it was confirmed this week that the Spaniard suffered an anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) injury that will see him miss the rest of the season, manager Pep Guardiola has started Walker at right-back in both the Carabao Cup clash against Watford and today's fixture against Newcastle.