RASMUS HOJLUND destroyed Kyle Walker with a savage poem on social media after the defender’s “embarrassing” dive.
The pair sparked a melee during the first half of Sunday’s incredible Manchester derby when they squared up after Walker’s late tackle on the Danish striker.
Rasmus Hojlund clashed with Kyle Walker in the Manchester derby
Walker had fouled Hojlund off the ball
The Man City star dived to the ground after the clash
Hojlund, 21, reacted furiously to the challenge and immediately leapt up and sprinted to the England man – clashing with him forehead to forehead.
Despite little contact, Walker hurled himself to the ground after a few seconds, clutching his face while Hojlund looked on in disbelief.
The event made Harry Maguire furious, and he ran over to yell at Walker on the ground before Erling Haaland pushed him away.
Roy Keane was far from impressed at the interval, calling Walker “embarrassing”.
Sky Sports brilliantly replayed the moment to Keane during half-time and included a pop out screen to show the United legend’s reaction.
And the United legend, who couldn’t believe his eyes, vented: “Look at this, I don’t know the guy and I’m embarrassed for him. It’s embarrassing.”
Both Walker and Hojlund were booked by Anthony Taylor for the incident.
But it was the United striker who got the last laugh as his side came from behind to claim bragging rights, thanks to Amad Diallo’s late heroics.
And Hojlund wasted no time in rubbing it in to Walker after full time.
He shared a picture of the pair clashing heads on Instagram, calling the England defender out for his play-acting.
Roy Keane watching Kyle Walker’s ’embarrassing’ dive
Alongside it, he wrote the poem: “Manchester is red. Violets are blue. What a brilliant performance. But the Oscar goes to…”
And United fans, unsurprisingly, absolutely loved it.
One posted: “Rasmus Hojlund has just absolutely rinsed Kyle Walker.”
Another commented: “I already loved Rasmus. Adore the guy now!”
A third said: “I’m guessing Rasmus Hojlund manages his own social media pages and I hope it never changes. What a man.”
While one wrote: “Rasmus Hojlund has absolutely ruined Kyle Walker with that caption.”
It sparked a kick-off between the two teams
Both players were booked
After eliminating Marcus Rashford and Alejandro Garnacho from the matchday roster, United manager Ruben Amorim trusted Hojlund and Diallo in his first derby matchup.
While telling his players that he is keeping a tight eye on them, the new manager seemed to imply that it came down to their performances on the practice and game fields.
He said: “We try to evaluate everything training performance, game performances, engagement with team-mates, push their team-mates up.
“Everything is on the line when we analyse and try to choose the players. It is my selection. Simple.
“I don’t want to send a message it is simply an evaluation and they know it. The players are really, really smart.
“Everybody understands my decision and I have to choose. It is simple selection.
“Of course the context is difficult because we have to win games and we have a difficult situation now.
“I pay attention to everything, the way you eat, the way you put your clothes to go to a game. Everything. I make my evaluation and then I decide.”