Turkish Delight
03-14-2008, 02:40 PM
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.'
Odd thing to say for a club like Liverpool .
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.'
Odd thing to say for a club like Liverpool .