LIVERPOOL AND CHELSEA MEET AGAIN.

Liverpool and Chelsea will meet for the fifth consecutive season in the Champions League following Friday morning's draw in Nyon.

They will lock horns in the quarter-finals of Europe's premier club competition, with a semi-final against Bayern Munich or Barcelona awaiting the winner.

The two Premier League giants met in the semi-finals in 2004-05, 2006-07 and 2007-8 as well as clashing in the group stages in 2005-06.

The first leg will take place at Anfield on Wednesday April 8, with the second leg at Stamford Bridge six days later.

Liverpool chief executive Rick Parry believes past meetings will have little impact on the matches to come.

He told Sky Sports News: "We know what we've got to do over the two legs. We know what we're capable of doing so we will get on with it now

Parry says playing the second in London won't worry the Reds, reasoning: "I don't think that bothers us. I don't think it makes a significant difference.

"It's not about historical form, it's about form at this stage of the season. Obviously at the moment we're coming in to form so fingers crossed we are peaking nicely and if we can keep everybody fit we're optimistic."

Parry said the fact the second leg won't take place on the 20th anniversary of the Hillsborough disaster is massive for the club.

He told Setanta Sports: "I'm literally just getting news that we will be playing on the 14th. It is a huge relief and a good outcome."

Chelsea secretary David Barnard admitted the two sides knew each other very well from their previous meetings.

"We probably know the inside leg measurements of Rafa's (Liverpool boss Rafael Benitez) trousers. It's something that's completely extraordinary they should play so many times," he said.

Barnard believes having the second leg at home, as it was last year, could give the Blues the advantage.

"In theory it should help us being away first," he added. "We were successful last year in the semi-final whereas in the previous semi-finals we were hampered with the second leg (which was at Anfield).

"On all three occasions in the semi the team away first got through."

The winners of Chelsea and Liverpool will play either Barcelona or Bayern Munich in the semi-final and Barnard is relieved not to have the prospect of another Premier League club in the last four.

"Absolutely," he said. "Of course we played United in the final last year. This year we avoided them. If we do get through we are quite happy for that."