{"id":294049,"date":"2023-10-22T23:24:21","date_gmt":"2023-10-22T23:24:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportslifetale.com\/?p=294049"},"modified":"2023-10-22T23:24:21","modified_gmt":"2023-10-22T23:24:21","slug":"pep-guardiolas-gamble-paid-off-against-brighton","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportslifetale.com\/soccer\/pep-guardiolas-gamble-paid-off-against-brighton\/","title":{"rendered":"Pep Guardiola&apos;s gamble paid off against Brighton"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1>Pep Guardiola&#8217;s gamble paid off as decision to play\u00a0Stefan Ortega over Ederson was justified in important victory over Brighton<\/h1>\n<ul>\n<li><b>Manchester City beat Brighton 2-1 in the Premier League on Saturday\u00a0<\/b><\/li>\n<li><b>No 1 goalkeeper Ederson was dropped in favour of Stefan Ortega<\/b><\/li>\n<li><b>Guardiola said the decision was due to Ederson&#8217;s time on the international break<\/b><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Ederson&#8217;s demotion to the bench does not happen often and he will be back for Sunday\u2019s Manchester derby, but the fact he was dropped here for effectively a must-win game still felt striking.<\/p>\n<p>Brighton demand opponents use their goalkeeper to start play and there is nobody better at that than Manchester City\u2019s No 1.<\/p>\n<p>Yet Ederson was left watching on, with Stefan Ortega preferred \u2014 and Pep Guardiola suggested that the decision was a result of Brazil\u2019s difficulties over the international break.<\/p>\n<p>Ederson started both games last week, a draw against Venezuela before losing in Uruguay. \u2018The travel,\u2019 Guardiola said. Julian Alvarez got through 78 minutes for Argentina on the same night and started with Erling Haaland, both scorers.<\/p>\n<p>\u2018Argentina won, and when that happens your mood is better and Brazil it didn\u2019t happen,\u2019 the manager said. \u2018It\u2019s these kinds of detail. The first day Eddy arrived he was so, so tired and sometimes I like to (change). Normally I like to play Ortega in the Carabao Cup and the FA Cup but we are out of the Carabao Cup. Sometimes it\u2019s good for Eddy too, to rest a bit to refresh your mind.\u2019<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/10\/22\/23\/76870977-0-image-a-120_1698012335119.jpg\" height=\"411\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Pep Guardiola&#8217;s gamble paid off as Manchester City beat Brighton on Saturday<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/10\/22\/23\/76871083-12659975-image-a-122_1698012609826.jpg\" height=\"464\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Stefan Ortega came in for Ederson and made some important saves for the home side\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Ortega, who made only his fourth league appearance, admitted to a few shaky moments with the ball at his feet \u2014 although he completed a couple of strong stops when Brighton came back into the contest.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u2018Sometimes it is tough but this is my job \u2014 to be there when the team needs me and to keep pushing Eddy every day,\u2019 he said. \u2018I\u2019m ambitious so of course I\u2019m not happy to sit on the bench, but we are in a team. I\u2019m always waiting to get a chance to get a bit more game time.<\/p>\n<p>\u2018I try to prepare like I would play just in case because you never know and if you\u2019re not prepared and you get in, you don\u2019t play well. I want to play a lot of games so it\u2019s the same target: give everything in training, show the coaching team that I\u2019m there.\u2019 The likelihood of that appears slim for the 30-year-old, signed on a free transfer last year.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Ederson went through a tricky spell last season but has re-emerged a better goalkeeper and played a pivotal \u2014often overlooked \u2014 role in lifting the Treble.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/10\/22\/23\/76871075-12659975-image-a-123_1698012612527.jpg\" height=\"405\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Ederson found himself on the bench as City got back to winning ways at the Etihad\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u2018With the keepers I don\u2019t get involved much,\u2019 Guardiola added. \u2018It\u2019s my responsibility but with the final decision most of the times I listen to (coach) Xabi Mancisidor about the keepers and we decide from that.\u2019<\/p>\n<p>Guardiola might be trying to mix things up. City are going for a fourth consecutive title and there is an inevitable hangover from the exploits in June. Victory at Young Boys in Switzerland on Wednesday will all but secure progression in the Champions League and give them a platform to build domestically.<\/p>\n<p>\u2018The win was really important,\u2019 he said. \u2018I know exactly what happens with Brighton. I saw my team. The Treble had an influence on all of us, me included, so we need to be there, arrive in the final decision moments at the end of the season being close to the opponents and try it again.<\/p>\n<p>\u2018Four in a row has never happened, it shows how difficult it is but now it\u2019s important to be there, especially in the Champions League. Qualify for the next round and we can just focus on the Premier League.\u2019<\/p>\n<h3>IT&#8217;S ALL KICKING OFF!\u00a0<\/h3>\n<p><span>It&#8217;s All Kicking Off\u00a0is an exciting new podcast from Mail Sport that promises a different take on Premier League football, launching with a preview show today and every week this season.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>It is available on MailOnline, Mail+, YouTube , Apple Music and Spotify<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Your browser does not support iframes.<\/p>\n<p>Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/sport\/football\/article-12659975\/Pep-Guardiolas-gamble-paid-decision-play-Stefan-Ortega-Ederson-justified-important-victory-Brighton.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read Full Article<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Pep Guardiola&#8217;s gamble paid off as decision to play\u00a0Stefan Ortega over Ederson was justified in important victory over Brighton Manchester City beat Brighton 2-1 in the Premier League on Saturday\u00a0 No 1 goalkeeper Ederson was dropped in favour of Stefan Ortega Guardiola said the decision was due to Ederson&#8217;s time on the international break Ederson&#8217;s [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":294048,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[19],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.8 - 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