Record breaker: Cech scored his 170th clean sheet against Bournemouth Petr Cech is a Premier League record holder after surpassing David James for the most clean sheets.
Arsenal's 2-0 win over Bournemouth saw the giant Czech stopper record his 170th blank - one more than the former England 'keeper. Cech actually has 174 clean sheets to his name, but four of them do not officially count towards the standings as he did not play the full 90 minutes.
It has taken Cech 352 appearances for Chelsea and Arsenal to reach 170 clean sheets, giving him the highest average clean sheet record since 1992 with 0.48.
"He can be very proud of that as it is a remarkable achievement," said Arsene Wenger. "He is gifted goalkeeper."
Congratulations @PetrCech Premier League clean sheet record holder. Plenty more to come! What a guy!
— David James (@jamosfoundation) December 28, 2015
In keeping the clean sheet, he inspired Arsenal to the top of the Premier League after goals from Gabriel and Mesut Ozil secured the win.
Ozil provided the corner for Gabriel's headed opener in the 27th minute to register his 16th league assist of the season.
After at least three glorious passes which created chances for team-mates to score Arsenal's second, the German found the net himself as he tucked the ball home after a glorious one-two with Olivier Giroud.
At the halfway point of the season, Ozil is just four short of Thierry Henry's Premier League record of 20 assists in a campaign.
With Alexis Sanchez injured or slightly out of form for much of the season so far, Ozil has been the star of Arsenal's title challenge so far and is justifying the £42 million paid to sign him in 2013.
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