Spurs defender Kyle Walker backs Joe Hart for Man City spot

SPURS defender Kyle Walker will be shocked – and relieved – if Joe Hart is not in goal when Tottenham face Manchester City today.

Walker feels that the absence of Joe Hart will give Spurs a boost [MIKE HEWITT/GETTY IMAGES]

Hart has been left out of City’s last four games by manager Manuel Pellegrini following a series of high-profile gaffes.

But the stopper excelled against Germany for England on Tuesday night, producing several world-class saves to stop the visitors running riot at Wembley.

And Walker has backed his Three Lions team-mate to show everyone just what he is made of, saying: “He’s a top professional.

“He’s a winner and I think Joe proved to all the people doubting him just what a top goalkeeper he is against Germany.

“He’s a winner and I think Joe proved to all the people doubting him just what a top goalkeeper he is against Germany”

Kyle Walker

“You don’t get all those caps and play for Man City for nothing.
“Joe has shown his class and come out and answered the critics. I love playing in the same side as him. He’s a leader, a great keeper and I think we saw that against Germany.”

And while right-back Walker, 23, wants Hart to do well between the posts for England, the same cannot be said for when he is in the light blue of City.

Walker said: “He won’t play for City against us on Sunday? Who knows.
“I am not their manager but if he does play against us, I really hope he doesn’t have as good a game as he did against the Germans.”