Arsenal goalkeeper Petr Cech has insisted that he has not beaten David James's Premier League clean sheet record.
It had been suggested that the 33-year-old had overtaken the former England stopper by keeping his 171st clean sheet in the top flight in the 2-0 win against Stoke City on Saturday.
However, Cech has stated that while he has made 171 shutouts, he has not reached James's milestone just yet.
"Good morning everybody, I took time to have a look into my number of clean sheets as there is so many different numbers regarding that," he posted on Twitter.
"You have to play full 90 minutes to count a Premier League clean sheet, that's the rule, so only the games gk starts and finishes.
"I have 171 Premier League clean sheets in total but can't count four because I didn't play full 90 minutes. So the correct number is 167!"
Cech has made 338 Premier League appearances for Arsenal and Chelsea since 2004.
Steven Toplis
