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Kyle Walker faces anxious wait to find out if he can play in Man City’s Champions League last 16 after red card

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KYLE WALKER faces an anxious wait to discover if he can play any part in Manchester City’s Champions League last 16 tie.

England ace Walker saw red for a wild kick at Leipzig’s Andre Silva as City slumped to a shock 2-1 defeat in their final group game. 

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Kyle Walker faces a wait to see if he’ll miss both legs of Man City’s last-16 tie in Europe[/caption]

Under Uefa rules, it means Walker will serve a minimum one-match Euro ban for his dismissal.

But there is no fixed penalty for red cards in Europe, unlike in the Prem, with each case assessed separately by the control and disciplinary committee.

Walker could still escape with a single match ban.

But Article 15 of Uefa regulations states that suspension can be imposed for ‘a specified period’ for offences including ‘rough play’, with an extra game added to the mandatory minimum.

A date for the committee to sit has yet to be set and it could be as early as this week.

But with Uefa competitions now going into their winter break, Walker may have to wait until early in the New Year before discovering the full price of his moment of madness.

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Manager Pep Guardiola lamented Walker’s reckless decision which resulted in a red.

The England ace came steaming in from behind Andre Silva, before deliberately and brutally swiping the striker’s legs from beneath him.

Guardiola said: “The red card hurts us, especially for the round of 16.

“Kyle is an important player and it is unnecessary to lose him like this.

“I hope he learns from this. It was a red card, definitely.”

Teammate Oleksandr Zinchenko added: “Kyle is such an important player, everyone knows that he is one of the world’s best full-backs. We need him.”

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