ENGLAND fans joked “Kyle Walker was aiming for the flag” after he accidentally smashed the ball into Harry Maguire.

Captain Walker raced back brilliantly to stop Vinicius Junior’s shot rolling over the line.

The incident took Maguire by surprise

Kyle Walker pinged the ball into the back of Harry Maguire

Fans flooded social media with hilarious comments

The full-back had made a goal-saving interception before the blunder

But as the Manchester City right-back went to clear his lines, he inadvertently booted it into the back of Manchester United defender Maguire.

The ball then deflected off the back of Maguire’s shoulder and thankfully fell for Declan Rice to retain possession on the edge of the Three Lions penalty area.

And fans found the comical 12th-minute moment at Wembley utterly hilarious – especially in light of the furore surrounding the St George’s cross on the new Nike kit.

One said: “I think Kyle Walker was aiming for the flag on Harry Maguire’s shirt there….”

Another wrote: “You can’t blame Walker for smashing the ball into that giant head on Maguire with the clearance.”

A third added: “Fully enjoyed Walker just booting it into the back of Maguire with no real reason.”

A fourth commented: “Kyle Walker hitting Maguire after stopping the goal was kinda funny.”

And a final user replied: “Absolutely loved that Kyle Walker leathered it off Maguire as he’s doing the ‘keep calm lads’ gesture.”

Moments later, Walker went down needing treatment and eventually succumbed to the apparent hamstring injury.

The full-back was replaced by Ezri Konsa in what could be a major blow to Manchester City’s Double Treble hopes.

Walker had raced back to stop Vinicius Junior’s effort

Walker picked up an apparent hamstring injury and had to be subbed off

Maguire then survived with another major escape just before half-time.

After making a backpass error, the former Leicester player gave Raphinha a fantastic one-on-one opportunity against Jordan Pickford.

But as the game went into halftime goalless, Maguire exhaled a great sigh of relief when the Barcelona striker dragged his attempt wide of the post.

However, the man who took his place failed to score the only goal of the evening.

After Lewis Dunk foolishly handed up the ball, Andreas Pereira was able to feed Vinicius.

Endrick, 17, was there to tip the ball into an empty net and give Brazil a 1-0 victory after Pickford made the save.