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Fabregas not daunted by Milan

Cesc Fabregas maintains Arsenal are not "scared" at the prospect of taking on Champions League holders AC Milan at the San Siro on Tuesday - and backed Arsene Wenger's young Gunners to play their way into the quarter-finals.

Wenger has pledged not to give Milan's Brazilian playmaker Kaka any special treatment, other than to cut off the supply chain to the gifted 25-year-old as the Gunners did a fortnight ago in north London when the World Player of the Year had only a limited impact.

And Fabregas insists there will be no sense of Arsenal being over-awed at their task and said: "We are young, but we are not scared of anything and we will play our game."

He added: "You have always seen if we are winning or losing, we will never go to defend.

"We will always want to attack, because it is the way we like to play and enjoy playing.

"You take the risk that sometimes you will draw or lose, of course, but we enjoy it - and any football fans should be proud there are teams like Arsenal who want to play football always, not to defend."

"We are playing against Milan, a big team with a lot of medals in their pockets.

"It will be interesting to see how we respond to that.

"We will play at the San Siro for the first time, and think we can do well if we play 100% and maybe we can cause a surprise."

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