Ederson comes forward to take Man City penalty against Tottenham, only to be sent back by teammates as Rodri scores instead

Man City’s goalkeeper Ederson stepped forward and attempted to take their penalty against Tottenham on Saturday.

After Ilkay Gundogan became the third City player to miss from the spot this season in last week’s 4-1 win at Liverpool, questions were raised about the club’s best taker.

Kevin De Bruyne and Raheem Sterling have also blundered from 12 yards with City failing to convert EIGHT penalties since the start of last season.

The club’s top two spot-kick takers, Sergio Aguero and De Bruyne, are also both currently injured.

In response to the questions, manager Pep Guardiola responded in the week that Ederson was often successful in training and named him as an option.

It appears the Brazilian listened to his manager’s comments as he went forward when City won a penalty after 21 minutes against Spurs.

Gundogan was brought down by a clumsy challenge from Pierre-Emile Hojbjerg.

However, Ederson was met at the halfway line by Bernardo Silva, who sent him back to his own goal.

Rodri took the spot-kick instead and fired it past Hugo Lloris, though the Frenchman would have been disappointed not to make the save as he did get a hand to the shot.

Guardiola previously said of Ederson: “He has to save them also, then after we see what happens.

“It depends on the players. Sergio [Aguero]’s not fit, Kevin is an incredibly good taker but is unfortunately not fit yet.

“We will see tomorrow [against Swansea in the FA Cup] – it depends on the line-up. But he is an option because I am pretty sure he’s a good taker.