Stoke City manager Mark Hughes feels goalkeeper Jack Butland has the potential to be as good as Arsenal s Petr Cech.
Both keepers were in fine form at the Britannia Stadium in a tight 0-0 draw that sent Arsenal back to the top of the Premier League.
Cech made a double save from Joselu and Bojan, while England goalkeeper Butland twice denied Arsenal striker Olivier Giroud.
We ve all seen the potential of Jack, Hughes told Sky Sports.
He s having a great season and our feeling is that he ll be of the stature of Petr Cech at some point in the future if he keeps progressing.
He needs a number of years in the game at this level.
It s only his first year as a Premier League number one, so it s going to take him time, but in terms of his ability and his natural attributes, that lend itself to him becoming a top notch keeper, he s got that.
The stalemate means Arsenal still have not won at the Britannia Stadium since 2010.
Hughes added: It was a good performance by both keepers but both sides I thought approached the game in the right manner and it was a decent contest.
They had a little bit more play in and around our box without really creating anything of note, apart from obviously a number of saves that Jack made, but in fairness we tested Petr Cech at the other end as well so I thought it was an evenly matched game.
