Petr Cech will be Arsenal goalkeeper v Chelsea

ST ALBANS, ENGLAND - AUGUST 15: Petr Cech of Arsenal during a training session at London Colney on August 15, 2018 in St Albans, England. (Photo by Stuart MacFarlane/Arsenal FC via Getty Images) *** Local Caption *** Petr Cech

Arsenal boss Unai Emery has confirmed that Petr Cech will retain his place as the Gunners’ goalkeeper for this Saturday’s clash with Chelsea.

Cech looked uncomfortable with the ball at his feet in the 2-0 defeat to Manchester City on Sunday, almost scoring a comical own goal with one attempted pass. Read 16 Conclusions from that game here.

Arsenal spent £22m this summer on goalkeeper Bernd Leno but Cech will start once again as they face the Blues. Which could lead to more social media hilarity.

With Cech preferred to former Leverkusen stopper Leno, who left the German club to join the Gunners in the summer, they replied to a clip of a mistake with “we know a guy…” before running a video of Leno playing out from the back.

Cech questioned the “professionalism” on display and later received an apology from Leverkusen – but it appears he has retained the backing of Emery ahead of Saturday’s trip to Stamford Bridge.

“I am very happy with his performance,” Emery said of Cech. “He has experience, he has quality, he has the capacity.

“Also, with Bernd Leno – they are two goalkeepers who are important for us.

“For Saturday, the decision for me is easy. Petr Cech can continue to start the match, I believe in him. But if (in future) Bernd starts, I believe in him also.”

While Arsenal’s new high-pressing approach failed to produce a result against the reigning Premier League champions, Emery will continue with his philosophy when his side head to Stamford Bridge.

“We are going to play away but we need to keep our personality, keep our mentality,” he said.

“I think on Sunday against Manchester City, the team kept their ideas, kept their spirit in the game for the full 90 minutes, even when we were losing, and didn’t let their heads go down.

“We want a good preparation before and a good response on the pitch to that preparation.”

Nacho Monreal’s return to fitness has come at a good time for Emery, who is in need of a left-back having been without the Spain international and Sead Kolasinac for the City game.

Ainsley Maitland-Niles filled in but suffered a small fracture to his leg early on and now faces up to two months out.

Summer recruit Stephan Lichtsteiner – more adept at playing on the right – replaced Maitland-Niles and is now competing with Monreal for the berth against Chelsea.

“The first injury with Kolasinac was important because I think he was playing well in pre-season. But we needed to play with another player like Ainsley,” added Emery.

“After this injury, I tried with Lichtsteiner, who is a player with experience. He can play at left-back but his position in the team is more at right-back.

“This week Nacho Monreal is working every day, training every day with us. The two options we have now are Nacho Monreal and Lichtsteiner to continue in this position.”

Danny Welbeck has also returned to full training and could be involved in west London.