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It’s safe to say that Ederson has had quite the impact during his debut season with Manchester City, but the Brazilian custodian has gone one step further by breaking the Guinness World Record for the longest-ever drop kick.
.@edersonmoraes93 attempts the World’s Longest Football Kick to make the @GWR! 🚀🚀🚀 #mancity pic.twitter.com/ToUKov19kT
— Manchester City (@ManCity) May 11, 2018
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The City keeper managed the feat in just his third attempt, breaking the previous record of 75 metres by 0.35 metres.
The 24-year-old’s latest achievement will only add to his burgeoning reputation as one of the Premier League’s finest goalkeepers.
After arriving from Benfica in the summer of 2017 for a staggering fee of £35 million, the pressure was on the South American to deliver immediately.
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Claudio Bravo had been catastrophic at times last season, scuppering the Citizens’ title chances, but the new kid on the block was the polar opposite as he shored up a leaky defence almost singlehandedly.
Pep Guardiola’s men romped to a Premier League and EFL Cup double this season, effectively trampling over all in the English top-flight in an unprecedented manner.
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And Ederson came close to winning the Golden Glove in his maiden season, eventually falling just short as Manchester United’s David de Gea beat him to that accolade.
De Gea edged him to feature in the PFA Team of the Year as well, but the ‘rivalry’ between the two keepers of the Manchester giants just adds to the already complex nature of the Manchester Derby.
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While United have finished a distant second to their crosstown rivals, they are perhaps the only side equipped to challenge City’s hegemony over the Premier League in the years to come.
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