Arsenal keeper Petr Cech matched an amazing Premier League record on Sunday against Aston Villa.
The Gunners beat the Clarets 2-0 on the road to move into first place in the division.
In doing so, Cech recorded his 169th clean sheet in the Premier League.
Of course, before he played for Arsenal, Cech spent nine years on the books at Chelsea.
Cech has now levelled the record set by David James.
Dubbed ‘Calamity James’ for much of his career, the former Watford, Liverpool, Aston Villa, West Ham United, Manchester City and Portsmouth keeper has sat top of the clean sheet table for several years now.
Mark Schwarzer has the third highest clean sheet record in the league with 152 clean sheets.
The ever-present Aussie is still a Premier League player with Leicester City. After moving to England to join Bradford from Kaiserslautern, Schwarzer made a name for himself at Middlesbrough, before playing for Fulham and Chelsea.
First-half goals from
Olivier Giroud and Aaron Ramsey secured a 2-0 victory over Aston Villa
as Arsenal climbed to the top of the Premier League table.
Arsene Wenger's came out on top on another frustrating day for Villa
boss Remi Garde, who played for the Gunners under his fellow Frenchman,
as the hosts missed the chance to close the gap on their relegation
rivals. Read more at: https://tr.im/ErbvI
First-half goals from
Olivier Giroud and Aaron Ramsey secured a 2-0 victory over Aston Villa
as Arsenal climbed to the top of the Premier League table.
Arsene Wenger's came out on top on another frustrating day for Villa
boss Remi Garde, who played for the Gunners under his fellow Frenchman,
as the hosts missed the chance to close the gap on their relegation
rivals. Read more at: https://tr.im/ErbvI
First-half goals from
Olivier Giroud and Aaron Ramsey secured a 2-0 victory over Aston Villa
as Arsenal climbed to the top of the Premier League table.
Arsene Wenger's came out on top on another frustrating day for Villa
boss Remi Garde, who played for the Gunners under his fellow Frenchman,
as the hosts missed the chance to close the gap on their relegation
rivals.
The supporters inside Villa Park were boosted by a bright start from
their side when Scott Sinclair sent a powerful early strike straight at
Petr Cech.
Optimism was soon replaced with disappointment when Theo Walcott
sprinted in behind Alan Hutton, who put both hands on the England
international to persuade Kevin Friend to point to the spot after the
referee had take a few moments to consider his decision.
Giroud, whose hat-trick secured a vital Champions League win over
Olympiacos in midweek, continued his fine form by sending Brad Guzan the
wrong way with the penalty in just the eight minute.
Arsenal could have been further ahead when Guzan failed to correctly
judge the flight of a free kick, but the Villa defence recovered to
clear the danger from Giroud's header.
Villa rarely threatened before the break, with Cech able to look on
comfortably as Idrissa Gueye fired wide from the edge of the box.
The visitors found a crucial second goal prior to the interval, as
Ramsey won possession from Gueye despite appearing to get little of the
ball with the tackle, and the Welshman finished a counter-attack just
seconds later by slotting home after the Villa defence had parted to
gift space to Mesut Ozil.
Garde's men responded with extra pace to their play after the break, but
their hopes of reducing the deficit early in the second half were dealt
a blow when Rudy Gestede headed wide of the post.
Arsenal struggled to retain the control they enjoyed in the opening 45
minutes, and Cech was left breathing a sigh of relief when an unmarked
Sinclair sent a header over after being found by Hutton.
Leandro Bacuna then threatened with a curling effort which drifted just
over after being gifted space on the edge of the box, but Villa's
failure to score while on top would cost them as Arsenal improved once
again.
A third goal almost arrived late on when Ramsey and Ozil combined to
find Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain, but the substitute's deflected effort was
tipped wide of the post by Guzan.
Villa were unable to set up an uncomfortable finish as Adam Traore sent a
shot into the side-netting to the relief of Arsenal, who could be
replaced at the top by Leicester City on Monday, and the loss leaves the
Garde's side eight points adrift of safety at the bottom.
Read more at: https://tr.im/ErbvI
First-half goals from
Olivier Giroud and Aaron Ramsey secured a 2-0 victory over Aston Villa
as Arsenal climbed to the top of the Premier League table.
Arsene Wenger's came out on top on another frustrating day for Villa
boss Remi Garde, who played for the Gunners under his fellow Frenchman,
as the hosts missed the chance to close the gap on their relegation
rivals.
The supporters inside Villa Park were boosted by a bright start from
their side when Scott Sinclair sent a powerful early strike straight at
Petr Cech.
Optimism was soon replaced with disappointment when Theo Walcott
sprinted in behind Alan Hutton, who put both hands on the England
international to persuade Kevin Friend to point to the spot after the
referee had take a few moments to consider his decision.
Giroud, whose hat-trick secured a vital Champions League win over
Olympiacos in midweek, continued his fine form by sending Brad Guzan the
wrong way with the penalty in just the eight minute.
Arsenal could have been further ahead when Guzan failed to correctly
judge the flight of a free kick, but the Villa defence recovered to
clear the danger from Giroud's header.
Villa rarely threatened before the break, with Cech able to look on
comfortably as Idrissa Gueye fired wide from the edge of the box.
The visitors found a crucial second goal prior to the interval, as
Ramsey won possession from Gueye despite appearing to get little of the
ball with the tackle, and the Welshman finished a counter-attack just
seconds later by slotting home after the Villa defence had parted to
gift space to Mesut Ozil.
Garde's men responded with extra pace to their play after the break, but
their hopes of reducing the deficit early in the second half were dealt
a blow when Rudy Gestede headed wide of the post.
Arsenal struggled to retain the control they enjoyed in the opening 45
minutes, and Cech was left breathing a sigh of relief when an unmarked
Sinclair sent a header over after being found by Hutton.
Leandro Bacuna then threatened with a curling effort which drifted just
over after being gifted space on the edge of the box, but Villa's
failure to score while on top would cost them as Arsenal improved once
again.
A third goal almost arrived late on when Ramsey and Ozil combined to
find Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain, but the substitute's deflected effort was
tipped wide of the post by Guzan.
Villa were unable to set up an uncomfortable finish as Adam Traore sent a
shot into the side-netting to the relief of Arsenal, who could be
replaced at the top by Leicester City on Monday, and the loss leaves the
Garde's side eight points adrift of safety at the bottom.
Read more at: https://tr.im/ErbvI
