Stoke game: third clean sheet in a row and 167th in total

  He is thus two clean sheets away from matching the Premier League record, i.e. 169 clean slates held by David James. „I’ve gathered up 171 clean sheets but according to the rules you should only count the ones from games where you featured from start to finish. Therefore I can’t count four of those clean sheets and the correct total is 167,“ Petr explained.

During his involvement with Arsenal, Petr managed to walk away with a clean sheet in the matches with Liverpool, Newcastle and finally Stoke. „It was crucial to follow up on our wins before my national team break, which we did. We played really well, had tons of scoring opportunities and struck the post twice in the first half. We managed to score an important goal which basically decided the outcome of the match. Stoke brought their game up a notch in the second half but we kept the match under control and finally secured the win with a second goal,“ Petr described.

Next, the Gunners are to face Dinamo Zagreb in an opening Champions League game.