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[The Kid Torres]

I think Arsenal is the toughest draw we could have had, even over Barcelona.

If they hit the same form as they showed in the San Siro against AC Milan then it will be extremely difficult for us to progress.

However, everybody knows that Liverpool are a different beast in Europe and I'm sure Arsenal didn't fancy getting drawn out against us any more than we did against them, and to win the Champions League you have to beat the best opposition around and the form Gerrard and Torres are on we can do just that.

As for the others ties, Chelsea should be too strong over two legs for the Turks and Manchester United have beat AS Roma a couple of times in the last 2 or 3 years so you have to fancy 3 English clubs to progress to the semi-finals.

bring them on

the two conquerers of milans finest against each other

woohoo


my mates a gooner, so needless to say i told him his team have no chance 

It's certainly a game that wets the appetite!

The midfield battle is one of the most intriguing apsects. Gerrard, Mascherano, Fabregas and Flamini are all absolutely outstanding players and are all having fantastic seasons.

If Arsenal do prove to be victorious I really believe that we will have lost to the eventual winners and there is absolutely no shame in that.

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Interesting.

[LFC2007]

We've got the toughest draw of the favourites, unsurprisingly.

Anyhow, Arsenal it is.

The fact we play them away in the first leg is very important IMO, especially against Arsenal. We go down there knowing we need to put in a sterling defensive performance, with Torres and Gerrard on the counter. Then we play them in the league at their place again, before they come to Anfield.

[Toffeehater]

UEFA rigged it. As if Chelsea draw Federbache.

Arsenal? I would have rather steered away from any English teams.

dont matter it worthless being in this torny if you get easy road into final then you get there and lose better to play the best and get alot of confidence last year we had pretty easy road to final apart from chav game this year we will be flying by time we hit the last game.

Remember the the year we won it we had progresively harder games and in the final we had the belief to come back from 3-0 down.

Look at arsenal they had such an easy path to final and they got done by a very confident barca and if manc think they going final they gotta get past one of the most proven team in champions leauge barca over last 3 years apart from us so not easy for them.

Didnt Arsenal beat Juve and Real Madrid on the way to the final.  Not exactly easy.

As long as we are in the game after the 1st leg we can win.  I dont want to be chasing the game at home as they can hit u on the break at such speed.

we beat juve , they ebat a juve team who were in a match fixing scandal , players not focused , we beat a different juve . Real madrid are nothing now in the european cup , they were once feared but no longer now

[66-1112520797]

I reckon Wenger would of wanted to avoid us more so than United or Chelsea/

[Toffeehater]

sh i t me. This means the fixture list reads like this.

23 March  - Man Utd (A)
1/2 April - Arsenal (A)
5 April - Arsenal (A)
8/9 April - Arsenal (H)

If Liverpool get the dates of 2nd April then it would read

23 March  - Man Utd (A)
30 March - Everton (H)
2 April - Arsenal (A)
5 April - Arsenal (A)
8/9 April - Arsenal (H)

??

Now ain't that a b!tch . I think we will beat the Gunners TBH , hard fight at the emirates then we'll beat em at anfield

[mistyred]

My Wifes an Arsenal supporter as some might know, This is gona get messy good bloody
thing i'm the dogs bo.ll0x in bed 

[maypaxvobiscum]

Arsenal have been drawn against Liverpool in the quarter-finals of the Champions League.

The Premier League giants will face each other three times in a week next month, with a top-flight match sandwiched between the two legs.

Manchester United will face Roma - who they have played in the competition already this season and knocked out a year ago - with the second leg at Old Trafford.

Chelsea have the most favourable draw of the English clubs with a trip to Istanbul to face tournament outsiders Fenerbahce, before a second leg at Stamford Bridge.

In the other last-eight tie, Barcelona take on Schalke.

Arsenal and Liverpool have never faced each other in European competition before, but the stage is set for a more familiar semi-final line-up.

Should the Merseyside club make it through to the last four - with the ties being played on April 22/23 and 29/30 - they would be likely to face Chelsea at that stage for the third time in four years.

Were Arsenal and the Blues to make it through, it would be a repeat of the quarter-final clash from 2003/04 when Chelsea prevailed.

If Manchester United see off Roma - who they thrashed 7-1 at Old Trafford in the last eight a year ago - they would take on the winner of Schalke versus Barcelona in the semi-finals.

Today was the first time four clubs from a single country have figured in the quarter-finals draw for the Champions League.

The final will take place in Moscow on May 21.

Liverpool chief executive Rick Parry admitted Arsenal were not the team he had hoped to face.

With half the last eight being English teams there was a strong possibility of two meeting each other, and Arsenal and Liverpool were the first two names out of the hat.

Parry told Sky Sports News: 'We'd hoped to avoid the English teams at this stage but statistically there were bound to be two coming together and unfortunately it's us.

'We play Arsenal in a league game in between so we'll be playing them three times in a week.'

Parry does not expect the two games next month to differ from their league meetings.

'It'll be very similar,' he added. 'We know them extremely well and they know us.

'The three games are going to very, very tight. I don't think the Champions League is going to be any different, it's tough.

'We've successfully avoided a trip to Turkey (to face Fenerbahce) so that's a bonus.'

On the prospect of facing Chelsea in the semi-finals once again, Parry added: 'We had noticed.

'Interestingly, the prospect of two English teams in the final in Moscow remains very much alive and that would be interesting to say the least.'

[woof woof !]

:censored: me. This means the fixture list reads like this.

23 March  - Man Utd (A)
1/2 April - Arsenal (A)
5 April - Arsenal (A)
8/9 April - Arsenal (H)

It's better than that we've also got Everton at home on the 30th, bloody hell, good thing Rafa rotated   

Rafa's rotatation may finally have a chance to really prove its worth. He's always justified his rotation policy by citing the demands that this part of the season brings.

[Toffeehater]

Fu.ck parry and how did he comment on it so fast? the draw was abrley made half an hour back . Parry is showing arsenal that we fear them , bast.ard

[tubby]

Fu.ck parry and how did he comment on it so fast? the draw was abrley made half an hour back . Parry is showing arsenal that we fear them , bast.ard

I dont want to sound defeatist but they did put 6 past us at Anfield not too long back. I know its Europe but I just dont have a good feeling about this..

[The Kid Torres]

Fu.ck parry and how did he comment on it so fast? the draw was abrley made half an hour back . Parry is showing arsenal that we fear them , bast.ard

Parry not only looks a bit like Willy Wonka but he also fits the mentioned first name aptly.

[ruskiy playmaker]

Freaking knew it, bring them on!  My brother is an Arsenal supporter and it would be great to shut him up about the beautiful football they play, it's driving me crazy.  The thing that worries me is that we have to play them 3 times in a week.  What's the chance of them loosing all three matches?

[maypaxvobiscum]

arsenal fans are kinda happy though. they are saying how beating liverpool is the same like milan cause we are defensive and even if we attack in the second leg, they have the pace on the break. ive not read a single negative comment bout drawing us except that its boring.

[Toffeehater]

Fu.ck parry and how did he comment on it so fast? the draw was abrley made half an hour back . Parry is showing arsenal that we fear them , bast.ard

I dont want to sound defeatist but they did put 6 past us at Anfield not too long back. I know its Europe but I just dont have a good feeling about this..

they put 6 past us with henry , their firepower has been reduced now even thought they welcome back van persie and adebayor , adebayor in this competiton is not the same player he is in the elague , also we ahve reina , a better squad and we Have well Mascherano, who's gonna give the arsenal midfiel da torrid time , also we have torres and kuyt