"We are a good side in Europe and we are always confident whoever we come up against that we can qualify," he said.
"When we won the tournament in 2005 we had to beat all the best teams, so I'm sure we will have to do it again.
"It is going to be a really tough game but we are looking forward to it now and go into it full of confidence.
"It is a cup competition and it is different from playing for three points, but we know we are in for two very tough games.
"The most important thing is to score - if we score it is very good for the Anfield game but Arsenal play very well and it is very difficult to win.
"They won a very difficult game on Saturday (beating Bolton 3-2 with 10 men) but we have confidence again now and we have the confidence to go and win against Arsenal."