KYLE WALKER whitethorn person near Manchester City, but conscionable similar his aged nine helium suffered a unsmooth nighttime successful Europe connected his Champions League debut for Milan.
The England defender, who has made 3 home appearances for the Italian broadside since ditching Manchester City, was tally ragged by Feyenoord match-winner Igor Paixao.
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RexThe 1-0 decision astatine De Kuip leaves Milan connected the backmost ft up of adjacent week’s play-off 2nd limb astatine San Siro, the victor of which could look Arsenal successful the past 16.
But Walker insisted: “We tin crook it around… We person to larn from tonight.
“It’s not conscionable the forwards – each the squad needs to lend to people goals.
“It’s a two-legged crippled truthful we’re disappointed but we look guardant to the crippled astatine the Stadio San Siro.”
Feyenoord, who sacked Arne Slot‘s successor Brian Priske connected Monday, took the pb aft conscionable 3 minutes.
Paixao, who was being watched by a fig of Premier League admirers, chopped wrong and unleashed a almighty changeable astatine the adjacent station which slipped past Mike Maignan.
Feyenoord’s electrical Brazilian winger gave 34-year-old Walker a torrid time, beating him clip and again with nonstop runs down the left.
Rafael Leao should person equalised successful the archetypal fractional but fluffed a aureate accidental connected the break.
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Milan, who dropped Tammy Abraham to the seat successful favour of ex-Feyenoord antheral Santiago Gimenez, plugged distant successful the 2nd fractional but could not find a mode through.
Paixao astir doubled his tally with an audacious effort from the half-way enactment aft robbing loanee Walker connected the shot arsenic helium continued to torment.
Nigerian wideman Samuel Chukwueze past blasted a changeable done a assemblage of players consecutive astatine Maignan.
Gimenez got a circular of appreciation from fans of his aged nine erstwhile Milan replaced him with ex-Chelsea hitman Abraham 8 minutes from time.
But the Serie A giants seldom threatened seriously.
In fact, Milan defender Strahinja Pavlovic had to artifact sharply to thwart a lively precocious raid from Anis Hadj Moussa.
Nonetheless, a constrictive nonaccomplishment means the Italians volition fancy their chances of a return-leg revival.
Meanwhile, The Sun’s Paul Sims has revealed wherefore Walker volition “never escape” his ex-mistress Lauryn Goodman.
That’s based connected our dossier of evidence, including the model’s “restaurant ambush”.
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