{"id":1149,"date":"2026-04-08T14:05:58","date_gmt":"2026-04-08T14:05:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/disport.com.ng\/?p=1149"},"modified":"2026-04-08T14:05:58","modified_gmt":"2026-04-08T14:05:58","slug":"arsenal-close-in-on-champions-league-clean-sheet-record","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/disport.com.ng\/?p=1149","title":{"rendered":"Arsenal close in on Champions League clean sheet record"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div data-td-block-uid=\"tdi_79\">\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<p><strong>Arsenal are closing in on the record for the most clean sheets in a Champions League campaign, currently held by London rivals Chelsea.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>David Raya recorded his seventh shut-out of the Champions League season on Tuesday night, as Arsenal won 1-0 at Sporting CP in the first leg of their quarter-final tie.<\/p>\n<p>The Spaniard\u2019s string of saves saw him labelled extraordinary by Mikel Arteta at full-time, with Raya forced to work hard for his latest clean sheet.<\/p>\n<p>Arsenal are now closing in on the Champions League record. Chelsea hold the current record, having recorded nine clean sheets during their victorious 2020-21 season.<\/p>\n<p>Edouard Mendy conceded only four goals across the entire European campaign, which concluded with another shut-out as Manchester City were beaten 1-0 in the final.<\/p>\n<p>The Senegal international was recognised with the UEFA Champions League Goalkeeper of the Season and The Best FIFA Men\u2019s Goalkeeper awards following that triumph.<\/p>\n<p>Arsenal have the advantage of an additional two games, should the Gunners reach the final. The expanded 36-team competition means teams now play eight group-stage games, an increase on the six that Chelsea played in 2020-21.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Read \u2013\u00a0Arteta says Arsenal will take Champions League belief from 1-0 win at Sporting<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>See more \u2013\u00a0PSG vs Liverpool \u2013 Combined XI ahead of Champions League clash<\/strong><\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\"><em><strong>Follow the Football Faithful on Social Media:<\/strong><\/em><\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/FootyFaithful\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Facebook<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/thefootballfaithfull\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Instagram<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/FootyFaithful_\">Twitter<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/channel\/UCUgN0WQEhxRbfTdlbkEG7zQ\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">YouTube<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><script async src=\"\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><br \/>\n<br \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Arsenal are closing in on the record for the most clean sheets in a Champions<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1150,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"pagelayer_contact_templates":[],"_pagelayer_content":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1149","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-arsenal"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/disport.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1149","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/disport.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/disport.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/disport.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/disport.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1149"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/disport.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1149\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/disport.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/1150"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/disport.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1149"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/disport.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1149"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/disport.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1149"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}