Manchester City suffered a goalkeeping nightmare as Kyle Walker ended up in goal in their Champions League clash with Atalanta on Wednesday.
City had already lost Ederson to injury at half-time with Claudio Bravo replacing him.
Losing their goalkeeper was a blow ahead of their Premier League crunch match with Liverpool at Anfield on Sunday and fans will be desperately awaiting news on if he will be fit in time.
Things then went from bad to worse for City as they had Bravo goalkeeper sent off.
Josip Ilicic latched onto a through ball and beyond the visiting defence before Bravo raced outside the area.
The forward fell under a challenge from the goalkeeper, with Kulbakov brandishing the red card.
Bravo was adamant Ilicic dived and replays suggested the forward left his foot in order to make contact before VAR decided to make the decision stand.
After a lengthy delay, Kyle Walker came on for Mahrez wearing Bravo’s shirt and managed to keep out Ruslan Malinovsky’s resultant free-kick.
Incredibly, that save Walker made was more than either Ederson or Bravo made against the Italian club during the match. Bravo was also the first ever substitute goalkeeper to be sent off during a Champions League match.
The game ended in a 1-1 draw with Raheem Sterling’s opener cancelled out by Mario Pasalic.
Manager Pep Guardiola gave a brief update on goalkeeper Ederson after the game when asked by BT Sport but his answer was short and said: “I don’t know.”
Speaking after the game, Walker admitted it was a mutual decision for the England international to don the gloves after Bravo’s dismissal.
He said: “It was a bit of both. I try sometimes to wind up the goalkeepers in training by telling them to catch it and stuff but as I found out tonight, sometimes you need two touches.
“All jokes aside, we came here to get a point or a victory. We knew it would be difficult because they go man-to-man and are in the Champions League for a reason.
“To come away from here with how we ended the game with a draw is a good point and we take that on. Now the focus is on Liverpool for Sunday.”
Benjamin Mendy admitted it will be ‘one game we will remember in this competition’ after Walker’s goalkeeping antics.
The French left-back told BT Sport 3: “It was a very tough game. We fight until the end and I say thank you to Kyle as it is not easy to take this responsibility to be a goalkeeper and save the free-kick.
“It is one game we will remember in this competition.
“We need to look forward. It’s not easy to win here and we are happy.”