{"id":293042,"date":"2023-10-09T20:24:04","date_gmt":"2023-10-09T20:24:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportslifetale.com\/?p=293042"},"modified":"2023-10-09T20:24:04","modified_gmt":"2023-10-09T20:24:04","slug":"chris-sutton-says-walker-was-right-to-react-during-arsenal-bust-up","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportslifetale.com\/soccer\/chris-sutton-says-walker-was-right-to-react-during-arsenal-bust-up\/","title":{"rendered":"CHRIS SUTTON says Walker was &apos;right to react&apos; during Arsenal bust-up"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1>CHRIS SUTTON says Kyle Walker was &#8216;right to react&#8217; during post-match bust-up with Arsenal coach on It&#8217;s All Coming Up<\/h1>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Kyle Walker was involved in a touchline scuffle after Arsenal&#8217;s win over Man City\u00a0<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Mail Sport&#8217;s CHRIS SUTTON explains why the full-back was &#8216;right to react&#8217;\u00a0<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Click HERE to listen to the latest episode of Mail Sport&#8217;s &#8216;It&#8217;s All Kicking Off&#8217;\u00a0<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Chris Sutton has claimed Kyle Walker was &#8216;right to react&#8217; if he was provoked during his post-match bust-up with one of the Arsenal coaches on Sunday night.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The England defender was captured squaring up to set-piece coach Nicolas Jover after he offered Walker a handshake that was rebuffed following Man City&#8217;s 1-0 defeat.<\/p>\n<p>Walker&#8217;s team-mate Erling Haaland\u00a0intervened as tensions boiled over between the two sides, as did Emirates security, but the fracas continued as the England international was escorted down the tunnel.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>It later emerged the incident\u00a0was a result of Manchester City \u2019s agitation at the Arsenal coach\u2019s behaviour last season.<\/p>\n<p>Mail Sport understands that Jover\u2019s refusal to shake hands with City stars after last year\u2019s two league fixtures \u2013 both of which Arsenal lost \u2013 was seen as disrespectful by the champions.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/10\/09\/14\/76339545-12610813-image-a-61_1696859665562.jpg\" height=\"356\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Chris Sutton has backed Kyle Walker following his bust-up with an Arsenal coach on Sunday<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/10\/09\/14\/76313091-12610813-The_FA_will_not_take_action_over_Kyle_Walker_s_bust_up_with_Gunn-a-62_1696859712788.jpg\" height=\"467\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>The FA will not take action over Kyle Walker&#8217;s bust-up with Gunners coach Nicolas Jover\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/10\/09\/14\/76325841-12610813-Walker_squared_up_to_his_former_set_piece_coach_after_the_final_-a-63_1696859727070.jpg\" height=\"374\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Walker squared up to his former set-piece coach after the final whistle on Man City&#8217;s defeat\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Your browser does not support iframes.<\/p>\n<p>Sources branded the 41-year-old a \u2018hypocrite\u2019 for actively seeking out Walker after Arsenal had landed a blow in the title race. Jover is said to have kept his hands firmly behind his back and showed \u2018no interest\u2019 in pleasantries following the defeats.<\/p>\n<p>Many have said the touchline bust-up was unnecessary but Sutton, speaking on It&#8217;s All Kicking Off, suggested that it may have been the right reaction from the City ful back.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Sutton reflected on the incident with co-host Ian Ladyman, who said: &#8216;There was a bust up &#8211; or what we like to call a bust up in our trade at full time.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;Nicholas Jover had a row with\u00a0Kyle Walker\u00a0as Walker left the field. Jover used to work at City. The two people would know each other. Sore losers, City?&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>Sutton then fired back: &#8216;Well first of all, we don&#8217;t know what was said.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>Ladyman then replied: &#8216;No, but I do know what I saw, which was that Walker refused Hover&#8217;s handshake. That is what I did see.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>Sutton then suggested: &#8216;But Hover may have said something to him.\u00a0<span>I don&#8217;t know what was said.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>&#8216;So, you know, it&#8217;s very difficult to comment if there was an insult thrown, or, you know, we don&#8217;t know if it was a, sort of, get it up you Kyle, then he was right to react.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/10\/09\/20\/76351501-12610813-image-a-2_1696879903983.jpg\" height=\"989\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Walker was angry at full-time and the confrontation sparked a fracas near the Emirates tunnel<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/10\/09\/14\/76339543-12610813-image-a-73_1696859851014.jpg\" height=\"350\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Ian Ladyman said Roy Keane would have welcomed the fiery scenes at the end of the match<\/p>\n<p><span>&#8216;What do we know? [That]\u00a0<\/span>Manchester City<span> have been serial winners over the last three years in the <\/span>Premier League<span>, and sort of longer overall, and they don&#8217;t like losing. Show me\u00a0<\/span><span>a good loser and I&#8217;ll show you a loser.&#8217;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Ladyman then chimed in to say: &#8216;I&#8217;m with you on that. It&#8217;s actually kind of something that\u00a0<\/span>Roy Keane<span>\u00a0often kind of parrots on television about.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>&#8216;He thinks football&#8217;s got too friendly, too much kind of shirt swapping all the rest of it. I think I&#8217;m with him a little bit on that.\u00a0I think you should feel pretty hacked off when you&#8217;ve just lost a game like that.&#8217;<\/span><\/p>\n<p>The FA have chosen not to take action. The governing body are thought to have made the decision not to pursue the matter due to the speedy resolution of the spat, which was broken up at pace.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>But Man City manager Pep Guardiola lightly fanned the flames of tension when asked about the incident on Sunday, saying: &#8216;I know what happened, but I won&#8217;t say anything. They (Arsenal) know it.&#8217;<\/p>\n<h3>IT&#8217;S ALL KICKING OFF!\u00a0<\/h3>\n<p><span><span>It&#8217;s All Kicking Off is an exciting new podcast from Mail Sport that promises a different take on Premier League football.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span><span>It is available on MailOnline, Mail+, YouTube, Apple Music and Spotify.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Your browser does not support iframes.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/i\/pix\/2017\/08\/02\/636x90_facebook_ad_sport.png\" width=\"636\" height=\"90\"><br \/>\nSource: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/sport\/football\/article-12610813\/CHRIS-SUTTON-says-Kyle-Walker-right-react-post-match-bust-Arsenal-coach-Coming-IAN-LADYMAN-claims-touchline-scuffle-Roy-Keane-parrot-about.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read Full Article<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>CHRIS SUTTON says Kyle Walker was &#8216;right to react&#8217; 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