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Cech - Our role as senior players

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Petr Cech was as pleased as anyone to help us book our place in another Emirates FA Cup semi-final - but he admits that it wasn't all plain sailing.

Lincoln City only conceded the opening goal in the 45th minute of a hotly-contested first half, after Cech had made a key save to deny the non-league side.

"Luckily I was able to save the shot [from Nathan Arnold] and then Theo scored the crucial first goal right before half-time," Petr said.

"In the second half we kept going and they’d put a huge effort into the first half, so you could see they were fatigued and had tired legs.