Petr Cech: Arsenal goalkeeper equals the Premier League clean sheets record - his wife bakes him biscuit to celebrate

Cech equalled David James's record of 169 clean sheets

James Orr
Monday 14 December 2015 09:17 EST
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Petr Cech's celebratory biscuit
Petr Cech's celebratory biscuit (twitter.com/PetrCech)

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Arsenal goalkeeper Petr Cech equalled the Premier League clean sheet record on Sunday after the Gunners' 2-0 win at Aston Villa, with his 169th in the English top flight.

To mark the occasion, his wife baked him a cake depicting the stopper in his full Gunners kit.

Posting a picture of the baked treat, Cech wrote in the caption: "Found this in the morning... My wife’s baking..."

Cech kept his 169th clean sheet in the Premier League after the victory at Aston Villa, and equalled the record set by David James.

The 33-year-old Cech joined Arsenal for £11m from Chelsea during the summer. He won four Premier League titles with the Blues in his 11 seasons at Stamford Bridge.

Gunners forward Theo Walcott said that Cech has "completely changed" the Arsenal defence since his arrival.

"From when we signed him, we all knew how good he was [after] what he achieved at Chelsea,' Walcott told arsenal.com. "On a personal level, for him it's great.

"He's changed us completely in that back four. He's a talker, he believes in us all."

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