{"id":298250,"date":"2023-11-21T01:25:05","date_gmt":"2023-11-21T01:25:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/allmysportsnews.com\/?p=298250"},"modified":"2023-11-21T01:25:05","modified_gmt":"2023-11-21T01:25:05","slug":"kyle-walker-beams-at-fantastic-honour-after-captaining-england","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/allmysportsnews.com\/soccer\/kyle-walker-beams-at-fantastic-honour-after-captaining-england\/","title":{"rendered":"Kyle Walker beams at &apos;fantastic&apos; honour after captaining England"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1>Kyle Walker beams at &#8216;fantastic&#8217; honour after the Manchester City star captains England for the first time against North Macedonia in Harry Kane&#8217;s absence<\/h1>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Kyle Walker captained England for the first time in his career on Monday evening<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>The 33-year-old was given the Three Lions armband against North Macedonia<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Trent and Bellingham can play together but can&#8217;t get in each other\u2019s way &#8211; IAKO<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Kyle Walker described being made England captain for the first time in Monday&#8217;s 1-1 draw against North Macedonia as a &#8216;fantastic moment&#8217;.<\/p>\n<p>The Manchester City and Three Lions veteran was given the armband by Gareth Southgate in the absence of Harry Kane who started the game on the bench.<\/p>\n<p>It was the first time Walker had been given the honour of leading the national team out and couldn&#8217;t hide his delight after the match that resulted in England topping their European Championship qualifying group.<\/p>\n<p>Walker is viewed as a leader in both the club and country set-ups and produced another typically solid performance in\u00a0Skopje against lower-ranked opposition.\u00a0<span>\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>&#8216;I think after the qualification we had it would always be tough coming here,&#8217; Walker told Channel 4 after the match.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/11\/21\/00\/78042759-12773101-image-a-1_1700526106693.jpg\" height=\"392\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Kyle Walker captained England for the first time on Monday evening against North Macedonia<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/11\/21\/00\/78042757-12773101-image-a-2_1700526114314.jpg\" height=\"423\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Walker was given the captaincy armband in the absence of Harry Kane who started on the bench<\/p>\n<p>Your browser does not support iframes.<\/p>\n<p><span>&#8216;We dug in and got a point, wanted to take three but things happen in football.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>&#8216;It was a fantastic moment for myself and my family,&#8217; he added while describing his captaincy experience.&#8217;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>The 33-year-old is one of the most experienced players in the England camp having won every major club honour with Man City, most notably the Treble last season.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/11\/21\/00\/78042291-12773101-image-a-3_1700526116950.jpg\" height=\"423\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Walker has regularly skippered Man City but had to wait for his first England armband<\/p>\n<p><span>He has regularly skippered City and was named in September by club manager Pep Guardiola as one of five captains at the reigning Premier League champions.<\/span>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The defender confirmed that the captaincy will be shared between a five-man leadership group after former captain Ilkay Gundogan vacated the armband when he left the club to join Barcelona.<\/p>\n<p>Walker demonstrated his experience at helping bleed through new talent by starring alongside his City colleague Rico Lewis as he made his senior England debut on the same evening.<\/p>\n<p>Analysing his team-mates performance, Walker said of Lewis: &#8216;He is a great lad, shows day in day out his qualifiers and to pay for team like we have he deserves this cap.&#8217;<\/p>\n<h3>IT&#8217;S ALL KICKING OFF!\u00a0<\/h3>\n<p><span>It&#8217;s All Kicking Off\u00a0is an exciting new podcast from Mail Sport that promises a different take on Premier League football, launching with a preview show today and every week this season.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>It is available on MailOnline, Mail+, YouTube , Apple Music and Spotify<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Your browser does not support iframes.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/sport\/football\/article-12773101\/Kyle-Walker-Manchester-City-captains-England.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read Full Article<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Kyle Walker beams at &#8216;fantastic&#8217; 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