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“We are really confident that he will pass that and everyone agrees, football people across the country, that he was brilliant previous year”.

Sullivan added: “On his pre-Christmas form he was possibly the best player we’ve ever signed”.

Former Arsenal goalkeeper Jens Lehmann has told Goal.com he believes Petr Cech will bounce back from his unconvincing debut against West Ham.

Added to that was the fact that West Ham had played a load of competitive fixtures while Arsenal had a truncated pre-season and it’s not surprising that one team was ready and the other was not.

Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger has demanded a swift, sharp response from his side in their next two Premier League matches.

Slaven Bilic’s decision to field an inexperienced side for the second leg of West Ham’s Europa League third qualifying round tie away to Astra Giurgiu backfired after they lost 2-1 to the Romanians.