Kyle Walker Fights Off Arsenal Set-Piece Coach After City Loss [Video]

Kyle Walker and former Manchester City set-piece coach, Nicolas Jover, sparked the dramatic tunnel bust-up at the end of the fircely contested top four Premier League game.

Kyle Walker was seen in a viral video online where he and Erling Haaland were walking off the field after Gabriel Martinelli’s 86th-minute goal ruined their day.

The loss saw City get their second successive league defeat and also their first Premier League loss to Mikel Arteta’s Arsenal since 2018.

Arsenal set-piece coach, Nicolas Jover, worked with Pep Guardiola for the same role at Manchester City between 2019 and 2021.

The set-piece coach was seen offering Man City defender Walker a handshake but the Englishman waved it off and he departed the pitch.

Kyle Walker angrily dismissed the handshake offered by the set-piece coach which the specialist didn’t bite his tongue over.

Kyle Walker immediately took hold of what the German-born Frenchman said and decided to square up to him, with Erling Haaland backing him up.

A minor face-to-face scuffle ensued as members of both teams intervened but Walker was clearly in an angry mood as he exited the pitch.

Erling Haaland, Manchester City’s record-breaking striker, also had to be held back before eventually being led down the tunnel.

FA chiefs have also revealed that they will not take any action against Walker over the incident, despite the defender being wrong.

Mikel Arteta said he “didn’t see” what sparked the incident between Kyle Walker and Jover, with City boss Pep Guardiola refusing to be drawn into it.

“I know what happened, but I don’t want to say anything,” Mikel Arteta revealed. “They [Arsenal] know it.”

Berlin-born Jover, 41, started his career in the game as a video analyst at French club Montpellier and afterward served in a similar role for the Croatia national team.

He moved to England in July 2016 to work as an assistant coach to Dean Smith at Brentford and also continued with Thomas Frank for the Bees.

Kyle Walker and City’s coach Guardiola noticed his talent and in 2019, he joined the Spaniard and his coaching staff to work on set-pieces.

Jover worked in his first few months with Mikel Arteta while at Etihad Stadium before he left to oversee the manager role at Arsenal.

Kyle Walker

Kyle Andrew Walker, a right-back for Premier League team Manchester City and the England national team, was born on May 28, 1990, in England.

The English defender began his professional career at Sheffield United, the team he had played for since he was seven years old.

After a loan stint at Northampton Town, he was promoted to the first team, where he made his full Sheffield United debut at the age of 18 against Leyton Orient.

He made an impression while playing for the Blades and participated in their loss to Burnley in the 2009 Championship Play-Off Final.

From Sheffield United, Walker signed for Tottenham Hotspur, where he stayed until he moved to Manchester City in 2017.

Kyle Walker has played over 250 games for City, winning 12 trophies including five Premier League titles and the Champions League.