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Manchester City No 1 Ederson has vowed not to change his flamboyant style for Saturday’s Champions League final against Inter Milan even though the Treble is at stake as well as his own personal place in history.

Ederson’s brilliant footwork – and occasional risk-taking – has been a feature of City’s domination under Pep Guardiola and success this weekend would see him join Peter Schmeichel and Petr Cech as the only goalkeepers in the Premier League era with a clean sweep of the major trophies.

The flip side is the 29-year-old Brazilian sometimes leaves fans with hearts in mouths if his distribution goes wrong, but he’s adamant he won’t be changing now despite approaching the biggest match of his career in Istanbul.

‘We need to keep playing the same way. We can’t change just because we’re playing in a final,’ vows the popular ‘keeper who dyed his hair blue to celebrate City’s recent Premier League title – his fifth.

‘We have to show the personality to play, to have the ball at our feet, to find passes. Making mistakes is part of being a footballer, including goalkeeper. It is possible in the first game of the season or last but we have to keep the same personality.

‘Any City keeper needs to be calm. A lot of teams try to pressure us so you need to get the ball under control and have the vision to find the right pass, even if you misplace the pass.

‘I remember a game against Tottenham where I misplaced a pass and it led to a goal. I said to my team-mates after it happened “You can still pass to me” because errors are part

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