Sixtieth match of the season: a clean sheet and three points

  "I'm glad things have played out this way. Sixty official games is a pretty large number, by 17 April I had basically played as many games in nine months as I would normally have played in two entire seasons of the Czech league. On top of that there is still a month to go and if we advance into the Europa League finals I could possibly get all the way up to seventy," stated Petr.

"We're constantly swamped, due to our participation at the Club World Cup in Japan everything else got postponed and now we're having to catch up. We have virtually no time off, and therefore it is essential that the whole squad be used and that we put every second of free time to good use. Every player has his own habits. Some may choose a massage, others will go for a swim or whatever else they prefer. Personally, I only go and get massages when I'm really sore," confessed Petr. He favours the more active forms of rest. "I'd rather mess around with the kids, take the dog for a walk or play the drums. Sitting in front of the TV all day isn't my thing. Psychological regeneration is just as important as good physical health since we put everything in the games we play." Petr reached the amount of 423 Chelsea caps on Wednesday and thus currently occupies the 7th place in the club statistics table. As far as active Chelsea players are concerned, in this regard Petr is only trumped by Lampard (600 caps) and Terry (571 caps). "It's not easy to accomplish for a goalkeeper, but I'm sure there's still more to come," commented Petr. He one again demonstrated spectacular skill in the 36. minute when he masterfully tipped Emanuel's deflected shot away from the goal. It is thanks to him that Fulham never scored. On the other side of the pitch it seemed to be harvest time for Chelsea's defenders with Terry having scored twice and David Luiz scoring the opening goal from a longshot. "These are extremely important three points. We're leading on Arsenal by a point and Tottenham is lagging behind by three points. We've nevertheless got to affirm our victory in the game against Liverpool this Sunday," added Petr..