Cech – Winning the Europa League with Arsenal would be the perfect end to my career

Petr Cech says winning the Europa League with Arsenal would be the perfect end to his career.

Cech, who is retiring at the end of the season, kept a clean sheet as Arsenal beat Rennes 3-0 on Thursday to move into the quarter-finals 4-3 on aggregate.

The 36-year-old goalkeeper may have lost his Premier League place to Bernd Leno but Cech has started six Europa League matches in Arsenal’s run to the last eight.

Unai Emery’s side will find out their next opponents when the draw is made on Friday and Cech is hopeful the Europa League title can prove a fitting final chapter for his career.

“My dream goes on – my dream is to retire with a trophy in my hands,” Cech told Arsenal’s website.

“Today we gave ourselves the chance for me to finish like this. There’s a long way to go but with performances like that, we can compete.”