'I’ll get killed for saying this': Kyle Walker makes admission before Liverpool clash

Manchester City defender Kyle Walker has given an interview to The Telegraph ahead of Sunday’s Liverpool clash.

The Citizens and the Reds have once again been head and shoulders above the rest of the English top flight.

Second-placed Liverpool are snapping at table-topping City’s heels, just one point behind them in the league.

In addition, City and Liverpool have won the last four titles between them, with a fifth one now up for grabs.

Walker has compared matches against Liverpool to a ‘game of chess’ and has explained what will separate the two teams this weekend.

“It’s about concentration,” the England right-back told The Telegraph.

“It’s the mental side or a moment of genius that will probably separate the two teams.

“The concentration has to be 100 per cent for 90 minutes plus injury-time. You can’t switch off for one second.

“One second of concentration lapse from a defender will result, nine times out of 10, in a goal given the players Liverpool have got.

“It’s a game of chess. Who is going to make the wrong move first? One wrong move and it’s kind of game done.”

“Knowing what it means”

Walker also shared a controversial opinion about what silverware he favours.

Liverpool are still on course for a quadruple, having won the Carabao Cup and remaining in contention on the three remaining fronts.

Meanwhile, City can still secure the treble of Premier League, Champions League and FA Cup.

The Citizens have dominated in England for years, but European glory still eludes them.

Walker, if he had to choose, would rather retain the Premier League trophy over winning the Champions League, or FA Cup.

He joked: “I’ll get killed for saying this but I’d still probably say the Premier League.

“Just because, growing up in England, knowing what it means and how hard it is to win one.

“I look at some players who have won it countless times. Why can’t I go and do that?”

City and Liverpool will lock horns in the FA Cup semi-finals too, on Saturday 16 April.