Super Eagles and Nottingham Forest full-back, Olaoluwa Temitayo Aina, has revealed he had a conversation with Kyle Walker after beating him in a footrace, Soccernet.ng reports.
The 27-year-old versatile full-back has been a regular for Forest this season, featuring in 21 of their 36 league games this term.
The former Chelsea man played all 90 minutes as Nottingham Forest lost to Manchester City by a two-goal deficit, but picked up a highlight for himself.
He took on Manchester City’s Kyle Walker in a footrace and beat the English-man with his pace. Walker is renowned for his recovery speed during take-ons, and players like Vinicius Junior and Mbappe have had difficulty beating the former Tottenham Hotspur man in a footrace.
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In an interview with The Guardian, Aina revealed that Walker was impressed with his athletic prowess, ensuing a conversation between the two full-backs.
“Even though that clip shows I got past him, it wasn’t as easy as it may have looked. I remember when it happened I saw him and thought, I might as well just try it and I put everything into it. Afterwards, he said something like, you’re pretty quick and you caught me flat-footed, but he was very chilled about it. He’s done the same thing to other players so many times.”
Aina was the fastest player in Serie A during his debut season with Torino, on loan from Chelsea, clocking up to 29.66km/h.
Callum Hudson-Odoi and Ola Aina will welcome their former club, Chelsea to the City Ground tomorrow and will fight for three points as three points above the relegation slots.
