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31st March 2008
Kolo Toure has insisted Liverpool will be running scared of Arsenal as the teams prepare for three titanic battles inside a week.
The Gunners host Liverpool in the first leg of their European Cup quarter-final on Wednesday, and then play them in the league at the Emirates on Saturday, before the European return at Anfield next week.
And Toure believes the memory of last season and Arsenal's three wins over Liverpool, including a stunning 6-3 League Cup win at Anfield, will give them a mental advantage.
"It is an exciting tie," he said. "Last season we played them four times and we showed how strong we were - we beat them in three of those games.
"It is going to be really tight, we know that, but we have the quality and I think they will be scared to play against us.
"We need to show them that we have continued to improve and are even stronger than last season."
Toure added in the April edition of the official Arsenal magazine: "We are used to playing against them, so we know we are in for a battle."
Toure's Arsenal team-mate Cesc Fabregas is determined to get past Liverpool and then win a semi-final to realise his dream of playing in another European Cup final.
However, his isn't so keen on the prospect of an all-English climax to the tournament.
Fabregas said: "Obviously, everybody dreams, but you have to work hard to make dreams become reality. If you stay in bed then you are never going to obtain your dream.
"I am dreaming of playing in another Champions League final. If it is against Barcelona it will be difficult because they have a great team.
"All I want is another chance of playing in a final, whoever that is against. If we won, then in five years' time nobody will care who the opposition was.
"I would have preferred to play a European team. To play in the Champions League against the same players that you play every week and see on the television, well, I would have preferred Barcelona, Madrid, an Italian team.
"But this is what we have been given and we have to deal with it. I am still a youngster here.
"When you look at the team I am still one of the youngest and am still a boy really. I do feel important and for any player that is vital."
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utusanLFC:
The Gunners host Liverpool in the first leg of their European Cup quarter-final on Wednesday, and then play them in the league at the Emirates on Saturday, before the European return at Anfield next week.
And Toure believes the memory of last season and Arsenal's three wins over Liverpool, including a stunning 6-3 League Cup win at Anfield, will give them a mental advantage.
"It is an exciting tie," he said. "Last season we played them four times and we showed how strong we were - we beat them in three of those games.
"It is going to be really tight, we know that, but we have the quality and I think they will be scared to play against us.
"We need to show them that we have continued to improve and are even stronger than last season."
Toure added in the April edition of the official Arsenal magazine: "We are used to playing against them, so we know we are in for a battle."
Toure's Arsenal team-mate Cesc Fabregas is determined to get past Liverpool and then win a semi-final to realise his dream of playing in another European Cup final.
However, his isn't so keen on the prospect of an all-English climax to the tournament.
Fabregas said: "Obviously, everybody dreams, but you have to work hard to make dreams become reality. If you stay in bed then you are never going to obtain your dream.
"I am dreaming of playing in another Champions League final. If it is against Barcelona it will be difficult because they have a great team.
"All I want is another chance of playing in a final, whoever that is against. If we won, then in five years' time nobody will care who the opposition was.
"I would have preferred to play a European team. To play in the Champions League against the same players that you play every week and see on the television, well, I would have preferred Barcelona, Madrid, an Italian team.
"But this is what we have been given and we have to deal with it. I am still a youngster here.
"When you look at the team I am still one of the youngest and am still a boy really. I do feel important and for any player that is vital."
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utusanLFC:
ooo... talk like a cock... so Toure is a cock that talks... oooo... so scared... oooo
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