Arsenal full-back Gael Clichy claims it will be "quite good fun" to take on Liverpool three times in the space of a week next month as the pair go head to head in the Premier League and Europe.
The duo were already scheduled to meet at Emirates Stadium on Saturday April 5, in what could prove to be a key clash in the race for the title.
Now by a quirk of the fixture list they will get the chance to know each other even better over two legs of their Champions League quarter-final tie.
Arsenal host the first encounter in a fortnight's time, with the return at Anfield on Tuesday April 8.
It is, though, not the first time the sides will have clashed more than twice in a campaign.
During January 2007, the Gunners recorded an FA Cup and Carling Cup double in Liverpool as they won both ties in the space of just four days, running out aggregate winners by 9-4
Earlier in the current campaign Arsene Wenger's men earned a 1-1 draw at Anfield with a late goal from Cesc Fabregas.
Clichy, 22, feels the team will take lining up against such familiar opposition in their stride.
"I don't think that affects the players at all," the French defender insisted.
""We did it last season when we played the FA Cup and Carling Cup together. In fact it's quite good fun because it doesn't happen much.
"We will look forward to it and hopefully we will come out as the winner."
Despite taking on well-known opponents, Clichy is not expecting anything other than a severe test of Arsenal's credentials.
"An Italian team or Spanish team would have been fantastic, but Liverpool is not bad, they are a great side and it will be a great challenge," he told Arsenal TV.
"At this stage of the competition it doesn't matter who you play against because all the teams have great quality.
"We know Liverpool, they know us, it will be like a Premier League game and we'll see what happens."
Arsenal, meanwhile, could well find themselves with representation back in the senior England squad ahead of next week's friendly in France.
Forward Theo Walcott, who turned 19 on Sunday, was yesterday conspicuous by his absence from the under-21s and is expected to be brought into Fabio Capello's party for the first time.
The former Southampton trainee was a controversial inclusion in Sven-Goran Eriksson's ill-fated World Cup squad but did not make an appearance in Germany and was then overlooked by Steve McClaren.
Another young Englishman looking to make his mark with the Gunners is teenager Luke Freeman.
The 16-year-old recently swapped Gillingham for Arsenal's London Colney training ground and is more than happy with his progress so far - having already been likened to England striker Michael Owen.
"Obviously I am still growing, and find that I am able to turn quicker than defenders, and I feel I am stronger than a lot of my opponents," Freeman said.
"The boys in the academy have started calling me 'Owen' - obviously I'm pleased with the comparison, but I am my own player."
Freeman added: "I am looking forward to rising to any challenges ahead. I already feel I am a better player since my arrival.
"I am happy to be at a club like Arsenal where I have the opportunity to be the best player I can be."
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