Ederson - 2018/2019 performances

[Jack74]

Motm yesterday without him it was game over in terms of the league , love the guy

 

[dubblue]

There would be an article dedicated to Allison in the mail if he had played like Ederson yesterday. The title would be over if it wasn’t for him yesterday.

 

[SebastianBlue]

He redeemed himself and managed to weather Spurs storm brilliantly; notwithstanding, I still think that City deserves a better goal keeper and that he is our main weakness. The defeats against Palace and Newcastle are partly down to him. His performance yesterday won’t make me forget Champions league disaster any time soon.

Please see below.

This will be one of my few posts today, as I need to stay away from the inevitable inquest that happens on here after this sort of loss, but I think it is worth a reminder he has made some very good saves/blocks for us — see the videos below (and these don’t even show the crucial Salah save at home this year or a few others in the last month or so).

I think we have a tendency to forget his great saves because they are fewer and further between than De Gea’s or Alisson’s due to us conceding fewer shots on average in all comps (City: 6.7 shots conceded per game; United: 13.2 scpg; Liverpool: 8.4 scpg — only Liverpool have conceded fewer goals than us, and they’ve conceded the same number from open play, with City having conceded 6 more from set pieces and penalties). Eddie’s save percentage in the league (63.9%) is lower than De Gea’s (70.6%) and Alisson’s (78.3%), which I know some will point out about the scpg stats above, but much of the differential can be explained by the variation in the quality of chances conceded.

Our system (high line, playing out of the back, fullbacks tucking in to midfield, which are different to Liverpool) and “standard” opposition tactics (park the bus, counter, press high) mean the chances we do concede are often higher quality (i.e. closer to goal, often from a head on, errant pass setting an opposition player up just outside our box, set piece, or penalty — we’ve conceded five penalty goals and it is worth noting neither Eddie nor De Gea has saved any of the penalties their teams have conceded), meaning it is frequently more difficult for Ederson to pull off a wonder save. And they rarely go straight at him, a la nearly every shot Spurs put at De Gea recently, which made him look like a minor sporting deity (and padded his save percentage), even though it was really the equivalent of a keeper warm-up drill.

I personally think he is a much better shotstopper than some are giving him credit. And he is absolutely currently the best keeper in the world with the ball at his feet. Those two things together make him one of the few players in the world that can do what our systems asks of a keeper. That at least partially contributes to our having scored 9 more goals than Liverpool and 15 more than United and certainly our superior goal differential to both (three times United’s GD!).

Put De Gea or Alisson in goal for us and we would likely concede as many goals has we have thus far (if not more due to the disruption in our system leading to more high quality chances being created, since neither are as good as Eddie with the ball at their feet) and score fewer (see disruption).

 

[mccity]

The way he's so eager to get off his line is very Peter Schmeichel like. It's a hugely important part of our defence and a key reason he makes the saves he does.

Only downside is like Schmeichel, when it goes wrong you look a bit of a mug. But the positives far outweigh the negatives; the risks are very much worth the rewards. It's just the risky nature of the plays mean it's always a stand out when a mistake is made (similar to Otamendi's defending).

Don't forget how young and inexperienced he is too. If you think he's ice cool now wait until he's 30.

 

[Kadour75]

Please see below.

In-depth analysis, thanks mate.

 

[kaz7]

He redeemed himself and managed to weather Spurs storm brilliantly; notwithstanding, I still think that City deserves a better goal keeper and that he is our main weakness. The defeats against Palace and Newcastle are partly down to him. His performance yesterday won’t make me forget Champions league disaster any time soon.

FFS that is bollocks

 

[Kadour75]

FFS that is bollocks

Give me counter arguments ,as Sebastian blue did, to back your disagreement instead of denigrating my opinion.

 

[kaz7]

Give me counter arguments ,as Sebastian blue did, to back your disagreement instead of denigrating my opinion.

If you don't know i'm not gonna explain it to you

 

[malg]

Give me counter arguments ,as Sebastian blue did, to back your disagreement instead of denigrating my opinion.

How about you expanding on him being our "main weakness". That needs further clarification. Our main weakness? That's one helluva statement.

I take it you think Laporte is shite as well, as two of the goals were down to his errors?

 

[01cravend]

His best performance for us.. perfect sweeping/closing the angle to thwart Tottenham multiple times and bail out his defense.