Ederson must improve but Man City truth is as clear as ever

If there's one thing we've learned over the past six seasons, it's that Pep Guardiola's Manchester City do things a bit differently to everyone else.

Whether it's passing the ball much more than the average team, doing things with full-backs never seen in the Premier League before or winning titles without playing with a striker, Guardiola has brought unprecedented success to City by doing things his own way.

Another oddity of this City time is goalkeeper Ederson Moraes. Never in the history of English football, and perhaps even European football for that matter, has there been a top-flight goalkeeper so comfortable with the ball at his feet.

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In fact, never has an elite team been more reliant on their goalkeeper in terms of attacking play as opposed to simply keeping shots out at the other end of the pitch. If Manuel Neuer introduced us to the 'sweeper keeper', then Ederson has shown us what it would look like to play a midfielder in goal.

However, as brilliant as the Brazilian's distribution and build-up play has been over the past five seasons, he has not always convinced when it comes to the more traditional elements of goalkeeping.

That issue has come to the fore in recent weeks, with Ederson not exactly covering himself in glory on a number of occasions.

Something that he has long struggled with are low shots close to his body. Efforts from Liverpool's Diogo Jota and Wolves' Leander Dendoncker over the past month have managed to squirm under his body, while the 28-year-old could only stick out a lazy leg in a vain attempt to save Jarrod Bowen's second goal for West Ham in Sunday's 2-2 draw.

We all know that