THE Manchester derby descended into chaos after a coming together involving England team-mates Kyle Walker and Harry Maguire.
The pair had a blazing row after Walker took a dramatic tumble to the ground after a clash with Rasmus Hojlund.
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Walker caught Hojlund with a late challenge and the Danish striker quickly got to his feet to confront the Manchester City defender.
The pair went face-to-face and pushed their heads into one another, causing Walker to throw himself to the floor.
Maguire was far from happy with his playacting and quickly got involved.
He stormed over to berate his England team-mate but was soon stopped in his tracks by Erling Haaland and Ederson.
That sparked a huge melee between both sets of players with Maguire having to be held back.
Gary Neville and Roy Keane both slammed Walker’s behaviour as “embarrassing” as there was minimal contact between him and Hojlund.
Neville said during commentary: “I did this in a derby against McManaman many years ago and got sent off for it,’ Neville said. ‘It’s whether he’s made that rock of his head forward.
“Walker’s pushed him over and tripped him. I’m not sure, no. It’s poor from Walker, the initial contact he doesn’t go down on. He’ll be a little bit embarrassed when he sees that back.”
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Keane said at half-time: “You don’t mind a bit of this, this is going to happen in the game. A bit of argy-bargy, of course.
“But I look at it, he’s obviously been blocked but Walker, of course it’s a foul and a free-kick and Hojlund’s not happy, that’s fine.
“And he goes over, how can Walker… Walker must be embarrassed. He must be embarrassedto go down like that.
“An experienced player, listen there is no contact. Look at this, I don’t know the guy and I’m embarrassed for him. It’s embarrassing.”
Both players were booked for their role in the incident with some fans claiming Walker was lucky to avoid a red card, given he went unpunished for his initial challenge.
One fan said: “Should be sent off. That’s two yellows. The kick and the simulation.”
Another added: “Should be a yellow for the foul and another yellow for the dive. Refs never have the bottle to make a decision like that though.”
And a third wrote: “That should be a straight red for simulation. Best way to get that c*** out of the game.”
