Manchester City goalkeeper Ederson scripted club history after keeping a clean sheet against Bournemouth.

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• Ederson scripted Manchester City history
• Kept his 110th Premier League clean sheet against Bournemouth
• Man City beat Bournemouth 1-0

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  WHAT HAPPENED?

  Manchester City rode on Phil Foden's 24th-minute strike to register an important win in the Premier League on Saturday at Vitality Stadium. In the process, goalkeeper Ederson broke the club record of keeping the most number of clean sheets in the league which was previously held by Joe Hart. The Brazilian goalkeeper kept a clean sheet for the 110th time in the Premier League, beating Hart's tally of 109.

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  THE BIGGER PICTURE

  While Ederson managed to achieve the feat in 242 league appearances, Hart played in 266 matches. The former Benfica custodian is now ranked 15th in the list of all-time highest clean sheets by a goalkeeper in the English top flight with former Chelsea and Arsenal star Petr Cech leading the pack with 202 clean sheets.

• DID YOU KNOW?

  The 30-year-old joined the Cityzens from Benfica in 2017 and has successfully established himself as one of the finest goalkeepers in the club's history. He has won multiple trophies with the club in the last seven years. He bagged the Premier League Golden Glove award for the first time in the 2019/20 season and then repeated the feat in the next two campaigns as well.

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  WHAT NEXT FOR MANCHESTER CITY?

  Pep Guardiola's side will now shift focus to the FA Cup where they take on Luton Town on Tuesday in a fifth-round clash before facing rivals Manchester United in the league on Sunday.

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