‘Probably one of the toughest that I’ve had in a long time’: Kyle Walker admits Newcastle’s Allan Saint-Maximin gave him the runaround last week as he allowed Frenchman to ‘get his confidence up’ during 3-3 draw

Kyle Walker said it was tough to compete with Allan Saint-Maximin last week in Manchester City's 3-3 draw at St James Park.

While the point kept City's unbeaten start to the Premier League season going, it was a challenging fixture, as Newcastle United caused the Citizens all kinds of problems.

And Walker was open in admitting that one French winger was a particularly difficult one for him and John Stones to defend against.

'I probably gave Saint-Maximin too many actions at the start of the game which got his confidence up,' the 32-year-old defender told Manchester Evening News.