City’s 2-0 win was identical to the scoreline when they played Chelsea the previous Sunday in the Community Shield curtain-raiser at Wembley, but Arsenal’s late rally saw them have two ‘goals’ ruled out for offside - a sharp contrast to Chelsea’s failure to muster any sort of threat to Pep Guardiola’a side in their encounter. And that, Cech believes, should give Arsenal confidence as they prepare to travel to Stamford Bridge on Saturday. “Obviously, we faced probably the biggest game first but we will be better prepared because we have this game behind us,” the Arsenal goalkeeper said. “But I believe we pushed them more than Chelsea did in the Community Shield.

“We forced them into a few mistakes with our pressing, we built up from the back and – even when we knew the pressure was coming – we managed to get out and we didn't want to give them the ball easily so they can just control the game all day. “We set this out and I think you need to be brave to do that and carry on even when you know the pressure is coming and we managed to do so. “There are things we obviously need to improve, the second phase to go through that build up, but overall I think it was a positive performance.” It was the first game for 22 years when Arsenal Wenger has not been in charge and Cech warned fans the changes new coach Unai Emery is trying to implement are bound to take some time.

Arsenal news: Petr Cech sends message to Chelsea fans in wake of Man City defeat

Arsenal news: Petr Cech sends message to Chelsea fans in wake of Man City defeat

Arsenal news: Petr Cech sends message to Chelsea fans in wake of Man City defeat