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Petr Cech insists Arsenal’s mentality IS beginning to change.

Cech became used to the win-at-all costs attitude instilled in Chelsea by Jose Mourinho and claims the Gunners are beginning to adopt elements of Arsene Wenger’s old foes approach.

Their start of this season has not gone to plan, though, with two defeats from their first three games, including a 4-0 battering at Liverpool, leaving Arsene Wenger and his men under the cosh already.

Goalkeeper Cech said: “When he [Mourinho] arrived at Chelsea from Porto, he brought the main thing: he came from a club where he not acceptable to him to finish second of the championship.

“He brought the same spirit in Chelsea. He thinks only about victory, whatever the price.

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“He hates draws. If we returned to the dressing room with a draw, it was known that he would not be satisfied.

“On the other hand, he also wanted be able to keep a 1-0 or beat a team 5-0 if possible. No matter how, Mourinho wants the result.

“The philosophy at Arsenal is completely opposed to this: it is not win at all costs but we want to win with a good way of playing. This is beginning to change in our approach.

“Yes, as Jürgen Klopp said, we’re near to classical music. We play with beauty, synchronisation between instruments - It’s a philosophy rooted in Arsenal’s DNA.

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“We refuse to play without a good way of playing and that’s something that is passed from generation to generation.

“I think we find good balance during the last weeks of last season. The main idea today is to continue to control the game including securing our advantage at the back.”

Arsenal last lifted the title in 2004 and Cech, who won 13 trophies at Chelsea, told French magazine So Foot: “On arriving at the club [in 2015],

I said to myself, “Okay, Arsenal have not won the Premier League for ten years but I want to be the one who helps win the title.

“My dream today would be to win as much with Arsenal as with Chelsea but I do not think I have ten years left me for that.”

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