Arbeloa Itching For Barca Clash

25 March 2009 15:09
Liverpool defender Alvaro Arbeloa would love nothing more than to beat Barcelona in the Champions League semi-finals in order to "take them down a peg or two".[LNB]Barca are enjoying a stunning season and are on course for a treble of the Primera Liga, Copa del Rey and the Champions League but Liverpool are enjoying an impressive run of their own and have cut Manchester United's lead at the top of the Barclays Premier League to just one point - although the defending champions do have a game in hand.[LNB]Rafa Benitez's men will meet Barca if they overcome Chelsea in the last eight and the Catalans beat Bayern Munich and that would be a dream encounter for Arbeloa who graduated from Real Madrid's youth academy.[LNB]"We're not doing badly in the Premier League, we're there waiting to see if Manchester United fall," said the Spain defender.[LNB]"And in the Champions League we're waiting to see if we meet Barca, to see if we take them down a peg or two.[LNB]"Barca are favourites in the competition as they are playing a marvellous game.[LNB]"It's not going to be easy. First we have to beat Chelsea. Barca are a strong rival, but Chelsea will be a difficult obstacle and we have to be prepared."[LNB]

Source: Eurosport