Toure - Liverpool fear us

Kolo Toure says Arsenal have the upper hand over Liverpool thanks to the recent history between the two teams.

Arsenal beat Liverpool in three of their four meetings last season and Toure believes that will stand them in good stead at The Emirates on Wednesday.

"It is an exciting tie," said Toure. "Last season we played them four times (meeting in the FA and Carling Cups as well as the league) 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."

"We are used to playing against them, so we know we are in for a battle."