KOLO Toure believes Liverpool will not be relishing facing Arsenal in the quater-finals of the Champions League.

Arsene Wenger's men secured memorable domestic cup wins over the Reds last year following 6-3 and 3-1 victories at Anfield in the League and FA Cups respectively. And Toure believes that will give them an edge going into tomorrow's first leg of their European tie at the Emirates Stadium, where the Gunners also secured a 3-0 win in the league over Rafa Benitez's men last season.

He said: "It is an exciting tie.

"Last season we played them four times including FA and Carling Cup 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."