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Daily Mirror
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Josh O'Brien

Micah Richards tells Pep Guardiola to perform U-turn to stop "frightening" Arsenal star

Micah Richards has urged Manchester City boss Pep Guardiola to select Kyle Walker for Wednesday night's title showdown against Arsenal despite the manager's fears over the right-back's limitations.

Guardiola has recently explained why Walker has found minutes harder to come by over the last few weeks and confessed it is because he feels the England international can't play in City's new tactical set-up. The new system would require Walker to operate as an inverted full-back, something his manager has publicly admitted he would fail to do.

"He cannot do it," Guardiola told the media earlier this month. "He will always have pace; Kyle at 60 years old will be the fastest player in this room. To play inside you have to have educated movements -- he doesn't have every one of the characteristics.

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