Pep Guardiola came to the defense of Or Nomouwon after the man of the man City was embarrassed in his nearby post in their 1-0 defeat by Nottingham Forest on Saturday.
15 minutes prior to his blunder, the Brazilian had just made a world-class rescue to refuse Callum Hudson-Odoi after he cut in from the left and strived for the far corner.
Ederson hit the low shot of the winger on the post and denied what a certain goal would have been for forest
But on the second time of questions, Hudson-Odoi was able to get the best of his stumbling block between the sticks, thanks to a mistake from Ederson.
The 24-year-old seemed to walk into the city cabinet of the right flank before he tested his happiness. His shot had a light Nick from the foot of Josko Gvardiol on the way, but it would not have done much to drop Ederson.
Guardiola was mild in his opinion of the incident and refused to attribute the debt to his Shot stopper.
“It's what it is,” he said. 'I never blame a player. I prefer to praise. I never blame.
“I haven't seen the promotion, but it's football. A good action by Hudson-Odoi, so nothing to say. '
City checked a stunning 69 percent of the possession, but was unable to forge many clear opportunities and manage only three shots on goal.
Nevertheless, Guardiola seemed to be relatively satisfied with the versions of his side, instead of the missed opportunity to jump forest in the table.
“It was a tight game,” said the city boss. “At the end it was one transition. We missed the pass, they did a transition and they scored the goal.
“We were a bit slow in our process. We struggled to create opportunities, but we always give the opponent because they defended very well.
'We checked the most important threat, long balls to wood and second balls, really good, and after that the transitions were always really good, especially in the first half.
Despite his positive collection restaurants from the game, Guardiola acknowledges that City should add more results to the win column if they want to get the top four.
If the champions did not do this, it would be the first time in Guardiola's career that a party he manages is not eligible for the Champions League.
The Spaniard stated: 'We have to win games. We have not won enough games in a row to be safe. We still have ten games left and we have to win a lot of games to be eligible. It's that simple. '
The next Premier League match of City is against Brighton in the Etihad, in another enormous opportunity to be on the right of a point fluctuation in the top four race.
Brighton is in the table sixth and only one point of the city after their last victory over Fulham on Saturday.
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