F.A Cup fifth round draw: Arsenal to play Liverpool next month

The next round of the F.A Cup has a couple of truly exciting ties, including ours, and there certainly won't be any love lost between Arsenal and Liverpool, when they play each other at the Emirates Stadium over the weekend of 15/16th February.

Podolski's brace aided by second half goals from Giroud and Cazorla saw off Coventry's challenge on Friday night in the fourth round, keeping us in contention of three potential trophies this year.

The draw for the fifth round of the F.A Cup was made tonight which also sees Manchester City take on Chelsea. An Aguero hat-trick helped City on their way to overcoming Wigan 4-2, while Oscar's stunning free kick this afternoon was enough to edge birthday boy Mourinho's side past Stoke.

Youngster Gedion Zelalem (pictured central) made his Arsenal debut against Coventry. 

So February looks to be our toughest month of the season yet. We are now scheduled to play Crystal Palace (h), Liverpool (a), and then four home ties in a row against Manchester United, Liverpool (F.A Cup), Bayern Munich in the UEFA Champions League, and Sunderland. It is hard to say which will be our sternest test but hopefully we'll be out to prove everyone wrong who doubts us, and not let this time of the year crush our season - if history is anything to go by!

It's good to be in next round of the F.A Cup but we face a busy month in February as the business end of the season appears on the horizon. We do, however, have a great opportunity to make the Emirates Stadium a real fortress, and of course, playing at home should give us a certain edge during this difficult period.

Liverpool have had a strange winter period and have been scoring goals for fun at times but they could only muster one win in November. They also suffered defeats against the big sides of Chelsea and City last month, ultimately dropping away from us and they currently lie in fourth in the Barclays Premier League table. Of course this is still a great position to be in, but not so good considering they were in a battle with us for top spot and are now eight points behind.

They also haven't lost since the the turn of the new year but then neither have we. Our last loss came against City which was very annoying considering we still scored three goals in that game! We'll do well again though to stop the duo of Suarez and Sturridge, but we look to have strong-enough defensive capabilities to deal with them. They can still find goals however, even when having the quietest of games which we will need to be wary of.

Cazorla and Ramsey were on target at the Emirates last time we played each other back at the start of November. Let's hope we get behind the team again back on home soil again and get ourselves through to the quarter finals.

The complete F.A Cup fifth round draw:

Manchester City v Chelsea
Sheffield United or Fulham v Nottingham Forest or Preston North End
Arsenal v Liverpool
Brighton & Hove Albion v Hull City

Cardiff City v Wigan AthleticSheffield Wednesday v Charlton AthleticSunderland v SouthamptonEverton v Swansea City

Arsenal will play Southampton, away at St Mary's on Tuesday night (7:45pm GMT) as we turn attentions back to the Premier League. 

Cazorla and Podolski pre-match.