No preference for silent hero

Last updated : 22 March 2002 By Kop Talk News


Liverpool's Stephane Henchoz is looking forward to today's Champions League draw.

While Giggs and Neville drool at the possibility of playing Liverpool, Henchoz says he's not fussed who we face because all the teams left in the competition will prove difficult to beat.

"Whichever team we get in the quarterfinal will be difficult, and without question they are going to be two massive games," said Henchoz.

"I'm not going to say I have a particular preference for one team because I don't. I'll accept whoever comes along.

"I've said previously that we were definitely worthy of our place in the Champions League and that we were certainly not out of place being among the really top teams in Europe. Now we are in the last eight, with the really big boys, and it is fantastic.

"There are a lot of qualities about this Liverpool team but perhaps our greatest strength is being able to find that little bit extra when it comes to the big games.

"I always believed we could beat Roma. Deep down, I knew it wouldn't be easy, of course, and it wasn't. But I think we took heart from the fact that we had already done it in the recent past."