‘He made a good first game,’ says manager
Thomas Frank pleased with Spurs scorer Palhinha
Pep Guardiola defended selecting James Trafford ahead of Ederson and said Manchester City lost 2-0 to Tottenham because “we missed the simple things”.
Ederson was a substitute at the Etihad Stadium and a sloppy ball from Trafford led to João Palhinha scoring Spurs’ second goal at the end of the first half. The 22-year-old goalkeeper, who rejoined City from Burnley for £31m this summer, tried to find Nico González, but passed instead to Pape Matar Sarr, the ball eventually reaching Palhinha.
Ederson is considering his future at City. While the club do not want the Brazilian to leave, Pep Guardiola was asked if this was a factor in choosing to start Trafford, who played in last Saturday’s 4-0 win at Wolves. The manager said: “He made a good first game and I decided to continue.
