Souness lauds Henry and Arsenal but aims for upset

GRAEME SOUNESS believes Arsenal are among the best teams on the planet, have the best player in the world in Thierry Henry and are real contenders to win the Champions League – yet he remains hopeful that his Blackburn side can pull off an upset tomorrow at Highbury.

Blackburn did the double over Arsenal last season, something no side had done since 1998, which has given Souness the belief they can win but he also fears that last season's results may have only served to fire up the Gunners.

Souness said: "They are the real deal. They have top, top players, collectively they are formidable and individually they have some of the best players in the world.