Arsenal goalkeeper Petr Cech has been hailed as a more complete goalkeeper than Manchester United star David De Gea.

The Czech veteran has faced criticism from fans and pundits alike this season.

Cech has struggled to play the ball out from the back as instructed by new boss Unai Emery.

But the former Chelsea stopper put in a Man of the Match performance as Arsenal beat Everton 2-0 last weekend.

De Gea has consistently been considered the best between the sticks despite his World Cup horror show for Spain.

But ex-Newcastle goalkeeper turned  pundit Shaka Hislop has argued that Cech was better at his peak than De Gea is now.

He said, “It’s easy to forget exactly how good Petr Cech was at his best, I think Petr Cech’s game was more complete than David de Gea is, even now. De Gea is showing better than Petr Cech did because he is playing in a worse team. Petr Cech had better defenders in front of him so he wasn’t called on as much as De Gea is to make those big saves. But in terms of total game, Petr Cech has it over David de Gea.”

And former  Liverpool defender Jamie Carragher believes the 36-year-old is getting back to his best.

Carragher said, “I actually think Petr Cech, in these first five or six games, looks like the Petr Cech I remember at  Chelsea,  certainly in terms of the saves he makes, starting positions, coming out at people’s feet. Now, the criticism he’s got in terms of with his feet, and I’ve been critical of that, my criticism is not for the goalkeeper, it’s maybe more for the manager for asking them to do those type of things. It’s like a manager on the wing, you can’t do it.”

Bernd Leno is likely to be draught in for Arsenal’s Carabao Cup clash Brentford tonight as Cech is likely to be rested by Emery.