New Delhi: Tuesday night will see two big games in the UEFA Champions League. While Liverpool play Arsenal at Anfield Stadium, Chelsea take on Fenerbahce in the return leg at Stamford Bridge.
With the score locked at 1-1 after the first leg of the quarter-finals, the onus will be on the Gunners to fire. Their opponents Liverpool go into the match with the upper hand having drawn the first leg one-all at the Emirates Stadium and bagging a crucial away goal last Wednesday.
On top of that Arsenal's woeful form of having won just two out of their last 11 games will makes the job even more difficult when the Blues travel to Anfield.
Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger said: "Yes we have belief we can win anywhere in the world and we'll try not to play the game to go to penalties, we'll try to play the game to win it."
And Chelsea will have to do better at home to overhaul the 2-1 loss away. Coach Avram Grant's preparations for the game suffered a blow on the eve of the clash when goalkeeper Petr Cech, who was due to return after healing from his ankle injury, required facial surgery after a training ground collision and will definitely miss the game.
Fenerbahce are confident after their last showing and will be hoping to become the first Turkish club to reach the Champions League semi-finals if they can progress past the home side.
"First, we have a strong team, we have a lot of experience within the team - we know these situations, when you get to a quarter-final and you have to win. We have shown this in the past and, even for tomorrow (Tuesday), I have confidence that we can win the game but it will be not easy," Chelsea midfielder Michael Ballack hoped.
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