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Your support makes all the difference.Arsenal goalkeeper Petr Cech has revealed the secrets behind his success - his ability to speak in different languages to his multi-national team-mates.
Cech, who broke David James' record for most clean sheets in the Premier League after keeping his 170th in the 2-0 win against Bournemouth on Monday, is able to speak five languages; his native Czech, English, French, Spanish and German.
It means that the goalkeeper, who reached that record in 220 fewer games than James and holds a better rate (48 per cent) than any goalkeeper who has kept more than 100 clean sheets, is able to better communicate with his defenders.
"I speak to the full-backs [Nacho Monreal and Hector Bellerin] in Spanish, to [Laurent] Koscielny in French and to Per [Mertesacker] in English because for him it is the same as me. He organises people in English," Cech told the Daily Mirror.
"Sometimes foreign players wouldn’t know what you say. That’s when you realise it’s easier to say it in their language than hoping they will understand. It can happen."
Cech says hours and hours of preparation, a fearless attitude - despite the life-threatening head injury at Reading that means he wears a protective hat - and the ability to not allow mistakes to worry him are also key factors in his success.
"I remember the first training with [Chelsea] after the injury and there was a massive scramble in front of the goal. Everyone was trying to kick the ball, there were boots flying everywhere and I just dived in and grabbed the ball.
"Everyone kicked me and they were 'oh, we weren’t expecting that'. When I play I just play. I don’t think about it all. If I get injured, I get injured. That’s the way it is. You can’t avoid things like that.
“During the game I never think about what happens if I make a mistake. I just play. I concentrate on what I have to every second of the game. Then at the end of the game you can sit down and think 'that was good or that was bad'."
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