I’d rather I explained things intelligently enough than have people take my word as truth.
https://www.clippituser.tv/c/dwxvap
As Ox is coming in, Ederson is slowly sliding left. One of two things happened. He either misjudged his angle due to Ox’s advance or he was consciously prepping his near post.
The first I would like to think less likely of a top flight keeper, but it seems to fit the evidence. One of the most difficult skills to learn is to track your angles as a player is moving quickly. The instinct is to make large movements as a player accelerates. You instead need to maintain the angle. It looks to me like Ederson is fooled by the speed and moves too quickly tooward his near post. His weight is also shifted for another slide to his left when the shot goes toward his right. As a result, he can’t generate and power into his dive and comes up way short. I think we’ve all seen that, regardless of the neck tattoo, Ederson has a fairly decent dive range that he didn’t come anywhere close to achieving on that shot.
In terms of the “cover the near post” argument, just let evidence be your guide here. Watch how goalkeepers set up. I’d challenge folks to find keepers cheating the near post on a regular basis unless it’s based on a striker’s tendency or a particular situation.