(Doesn't even come close to the pain we feel when thinking about that Mickey Thomas goal, so some payback is more than welcome)
Liverpool success frustrated Gilberto
Sep 14 2005
Liverpool Echo
ARSENAL midfielder Gilberto revealed the painful sight of Liverpool lifting the Champions League trophy is spurring him on to bring long overdue European success to Highbury.
The Gunners begin their Champions League campaign at home to Thun on Wednesday, having lost Patrick Vieira and Edu since last season, while Thierry Henry is injured and Jens Lehmann is banned.
Having gone out at the last-16 stage last term, they could only watch as Liverpool went on to lift the trophy - despite the Merseysiders finishing 25 points behind them in the Premiership.
Gilberto recalled: "I felt very frustrated, not because it was Liverpool - it could have been any team - but because you don't like to see those pictures.
"You feel upset as you should have been there instead. I am surprised we haven't done better in the Champions League because the quality of the team is fantastic. We want to do much better than we have done and this is another chance."
The Brazil international acknowledged Arsenal had endured a troubled start to this campaign, with two league defeats on top of Henry's injury and the summer sale of Vieira.
However, he insisted: "There is no panic in the squad. We have only had four games of the season and we have the rest of the season to get more points.
"We still can't accept our defeat in the last game at Middlesbrough as we didn't play so badly. We had a lot of chances but when we didn't take them, we allowed them to believe in themselves."
