Petr Cech says taking a calm a$$essment of dangerous situations is the key to
making important saves.
The experienced goalkeeper has had a big impact at Arsenal since his summer
move from London rivals Chelsea.
made two fine saves to deny Christian Benteke and then Philippe Coutinho.
“[My favourite was] probably the first one against Benteke because Gabriel
tried to intercept the ball when he ran across the goal, and until the last
fraction of a second I didn’t know whether he was going to touch it or not,”
Cech told Arsenal Player.
“I had to wait and I also knew that Benteke was already there. I thought, ‘OK I
have to wait to see if he deflects it towards his own goal or whether it will go
anywhere else’, and then I knew that I would have to go fast to the other side.
I was lucky that I had perfect timing to get there.
“Taking information before the situation happens helps. I knew he was running
there so I knew that the moment Gabriel missed the ball I had to get there as
fast as possible.
“It’s the awareness that I had two options; to wait and then as soon as the
ball went past him, knowing that I had to get there. I was ready for that so as
soon as I saw that he would not touch the ball I had already gone.
“Maybe it’s a bit of experience, but I would say it’s taking the information prior
to the situation. That was the key in this moment.”
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