Rafael Benitez is on the brink of inflicting more capital punishment on London's elite in the Champions League.The Liverpool boss has already masterminded two semi-final second-leg defeats on Chelsea at Anfield, and now Arsenal could be in line for the same treatment in this season's quarter-finals.

Liverpool's creditable 1-1 first-leg draw on Wednesday at the Emirates Stadium has set up the tie for another famous European night at Anfield in the return on Tuesday, with Benitez's side favourites to reach their third Champions League semi-final in four seasons.

And Saturday's 1-1 Premier League draw at the same venue has given Liverpool the slight psychological edge, having now avoided two away defeats against the Gunners in succession.

"When you play against Arsenal it is always difficult, they are a team with quality and can always score goals against you," said Benitez.

"But for us to score an away goal and then to have the prospect of them having to play against our fans at Anfield next, is extremely important for us.

"Anfield will be the massive difference. We will have energy, but also there will be great energy from our supporters, they will be on top of Arsenal.

"Between us we will have the strength to win, Arsenal will be playing our fans too.

"But we respect Arsenal. We know they are very capable of scoring away goals, they are such a good team. So we will need a massive effort from everyone to get through to the semi-finals.

"Arsene Wenger knows he has a good team and that they can be very effective on the counter-attack, but he knows that Anfield will be a very difficult place to play."

Whether Arsenal fail in the way Chelsea have consistently done remains to be seen.

Last season Chelsea won the home first leg of a semi-final tie 1-0. A Daniel Agger goal secured a 1-0 victory for Liverpool in the return at Anfield, with the Reds going through to the final against AC Milan in Athens on penalties.

The season before, Liverpool and Chelsea shared two 0-0 draws in the group stages, with Liverpool topping their section before going out to Benfica in the last 16.

But back in 2005 was the memorable semi-final triumph over Chelsea, when the west Londoners were unnerved by an astonishing wall of sound that hit them when they walked out at Anfield.

The first leg had been an acrimonious 0-0 draw at Stamford Bridge, and Jose Mourinho probably still has not accepted the debatable Luis Garcia winner in front of the Kop in the second clash.

Liverpool went on the beat AC Milan in Istanbul on penalties to lift the trophy for the fifth time.

And if there is going to be a sixth triumph in Moscow next month, Liverpool face probably their hardest task yet in the bid to oust Wenger's class side from the competition.

Benitez and his team are fully aware of the dangers that Arsenal present, with flowing, high-speed attacking football and suddenly a cutting edge from set-pieces.

The Spanish boss admits he will be working on stopping the sort of goal the Gunners scored at the Emirates, Emmanuel Adebayor climbing unmarked to power home a header from a neat set-up between Cesc Fabregas and Robin van Persie from a corner.

Benitez said: "We were disappointed with the goal we conceded from a set-piece, we had been concentrating on stopping them in open play because they can be so dangerous with pace and movement.

"They have quality and plenty of possession, so it was important that we contained them in open play. So to concede from a corner was disappointing.

"Credit to their striker, it was a good header, but we will need to look at that and

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