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Arsenal goalkeeper Petr Cech orders his team-mates NOT to lift the International Champions Cup trophy after win over Bayern Munich: 'Let's lift the big one at the end of the season'

Petr Cech remarkably ordered his Arsenal team-mates not to lift the International Champions Cup trophy following their win over Bayern Munich - insisting the real celebrations should only come at the end of a successful season.

The Gunners got their pre-season tour of China off to a promising start on Wednesday with a penalty shootout win over the Bundesliga champions, following a 1-1 draw in Shanghai.

Arsenal were presented with a trophy at the end of their victory but Cech refused to lift it into the air in customary fashion as a lesson the younger members of Arsene Wenger's squad who were keen to celebrate.