Kyle Walker is restrained by Pep Guardiola as tempers flare between the City defender and Everton assistant manager Ian Woan… just days after the full-back clashed with Felipe Melo at the Club World Cup
Kyle Walker was restrained by Manchester City manager Pep Guardiola during the 3-1 win against Everton on Wednesday evening.
The Cityzens, who have suffered a dip in form of late, fought back after Jack Harrison gifted the hosts a first-half goal, with Phil Foden scoring from outside the penalty area to draw City level.
Julian Alvarez would put the visitors 2-1 up from the penalty spot after referee John Brooks awarded a controversial handball to Everton midfielder Amadou Onana, which Sean Dyche dismissed as 'nonesnse'.
Despite this, the Toffees pushed for a winner and frustrated the Premier League champions, with tensions rising around Goodison Park on both sides.
With the visitors leading 2-1, Bernardo Silva had the ball hacked out of play after being cleared by Jarrod Branthwaite. Dyche's assistant, Ian Woan, grabbed the ball and refused to give it to Man City defender Walker.
Kyle Walker was stopped by Pep Guardiola after the defender collided with Everton coach Ian Woan during Man City's 3-1 win at Goodison Park
The incident came after Sean Dyche's assistant refused to give Walker the ball
Walker had pushed the assistant but Woan pushed him back, infuriating the full-back
Walker is seen giving the 56-year-old a little push in an attempt to get the ball back for his side, before the Toffees coach throws the ball onto the pitch.
But Woan, outraged by Walker's behaviour, was then seen in Amazon Prime Sport's coverage pushing the defender in the back.
Infuriated by the push, Walker turns and steps forward to confront the Everton coach, but Guardiola quickly grabs his player before dragging him away from the altercation.
Neither was booked for the confrontation, with Guardiola appearing to gesture to Woan after the altercation had blown over.
Notably, Walker had been involved in an altercation during the Club World Cup final against Fluminense last week.
He clashed with Felipe Melo after the match, after the Brazilian criticized Jack Grealish for being disrespectful during the match.
He took to Instagram to write: 'Nobody touches my Jack!'
City then scored a third, with Bernardo Silva taking advantage of a poor clearance from Jordan Pickford and tapping the ball into the back of the net from long range.
After the match, the biggest controversy involved the penalty decision awarded against Everton by referee John Brooks.
Dyche said at a press conference on Thursday: 'As I said afterwards, if that is a penalty, then Onana should be a goalkeeper, and he has to have some reflexes to get his arm up to stop that if it was intentional, and I know it. intentional no longer counts.
Guardiola (right) was seen quickly intervening to separate the pair and defuse the tension
The Spanish manager then pushed Walker back onto the pitch and quelled the tension
Walker was involved in an altercation with Felipe Melo (right) during the Club World Cup final last week
'It's all nonsense; at the end of the day it should go back to the way it used to be; if it's intentional, you can tell. Referees, that's why they are referees. They have, or should have, the experience and feel of a game, knowledge of a game.
'The other frustration is who gives what. After the situation at Tottenham I said: 'Who cares?' The linesman gives this, who is 50 meters away, and the referee is 12 meters away.
'I don't see that, and the opposite has happened at Tottenham, as you know, so I think it's more the confusion. I think they're under enough scrutiny anyway, referees, and they're setting up microphones and doing crazy things. I do not know why.
'I think we need to take it away so they can referee the game and they need to use their knowledge a bit more. Last night I would be surprised if most referees would say deep down that this cannot be a penalty. I would be surprised if they all did that.'