Fan vs Fan: Liverpool - Arsenal

GOAL: Let us start with your thoughts about your team's performance during the first leg? What emotions did it evoke?

Alex Davenport (Liverpool): I personally get very nervous during these big games and find it hard to enjoy it as such. If someone had offered me a 1-1 draw before hand I would have taken it, as the away goal so often proves vital and European nights at Anfield always bring out the best in us.

I thought we matched Arsenal for most of the game but had to withstand the pressure in the second half. Kuyt ran himself ragged as usual and Stevie Gerrard produced a moment of pure quality to create the equaliser. At the end of the game I was in positive mood and pleased with the result.

Jamie Fletcher (Arsenal): My emotions ran the gamut from expectation to elation (when Adebayor scored) to deflation (three minutes later, when Liverpool equalised) to indignation (when we were denied a cast-iron penalty) to frustration (when Bendtner inadvertently blocked Fabregas's goal-bound if not exactly powerful effort) to resignation that it would end in a draw and finally a little trepidation about the prospects for the second-leg.

But overall I felt Arsenal were the better team and could not be too critical of our performance. The widespread belief that Liverpool have secured a crucial advantage seems to me questionable, and the assumption that they have one foot in the semi-final somewhat premature - though I'm happy enough for them to be considered favourites. Delighted, in fact.

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