Dynamo Kiev coach Yuri Semin watched Emmanuel Adebayor score a hat-trick at Ewood Park but insists he will not man-mark the striker on Wednesday in the Group G clash at Valeri Lobanovsky Stadium.
''We knew very well prior to this the capabilities of the Arsenal forward,'' said Semin.
''But we will not be putting a man-marker on him. Adebayor plays all over the pitch, and in every zone there will be one of our players to meet him.''
Emmanuel Adebayor is ''hungry'' to end his Champions League heartache and fire Arsenal to European glory this season.
The Togo striker smashed a hat-trick against Blackburn on Saturday and will once again spearhead the Gunners attack as their Champions League campaign kicks off.
Adebayor - who netted 30 goals last season - has come a long way since arriving in north London from Monaco as a relative unknown during January 2006, and recently agreed a lucrative new deal with the Emirates Stadium club after a summer of speculation over a £35million move to AC Milan.
The powerful 6ft 3ins 24-year-old, though, has yet to taste success at the highest level, having watched from the bench as his old club were beaten 3-0 by Jose Mourinho's Porto in the 2004 Champions League final and then being cup-tied when Arsenal lost out to Barcelona in Paris two years later.
Adebayor is determined to make up for that bitter disappointment this time around.
''We have every chance to win the Champions League with Arsenal,'' he declared.
''I had the chance to be in the final with Monaco, but I was on the bench and I could see all these special things going on.
''Then with Arsenal, I could not play because I was cup-tied and in my head it was difficult - but now I have a chance to play so there is an argument for me to be more hungry than most of my team-mates.
''However, I am not the only one. Cesc [Fabregas] and Kolo [Toure] lost in the [2006] final as well and so all these players would like to win it in their career.
''These are the things that we are going to pin together as brothers and help each other on the pitch and off the pitch and try to achieve something this season.''
Adebayor added: ''I do not know whether we are going to win the Champions League or the Premier League - but we have to achieve something because we have the quality within the squad.
''We just have to believe in the squad and believe in ourselves to do it.
''I know if I have the chance to win something like the Champions League with a team like Arsenal I will be very happy and very glad.''
Arsenal remain without summer signings Sami Nasri and Mikael Silvestre.
Midfielder Nasri (ankle) and defender Silvestre (thigh) are certain to miss the game but Gael Clichy and Emmanuel Eboue are available to manager Arsene Wenger after recovering from minor knocks.
Mexican striker Carlos Vela has made the trip to Ukraine and is set to be a substitute, along with fellow youngster Jack Wilshere.
Adebayor is happy to be back in form, finally getting his domestic account up and running.
''My confidence has always been high because I have had a few chances,'' he said.
''I know if I keep working hard for the team and we keep on playing the football for the team, you always have a chance to score.
''Those are the things that I always put in my head and it made the goals that went in on Saturday against Blackburn easy.
''For me, the most important thing is to work hard for the team and I think up until now I have been doing that quite well.
''I am very happy and for sure my confidence is higher than before.''
While a win in the Stadion Valeriy Lobanovskyi would put them on course nicely, Arsenal do not have the best of records in the old Soviet bloc - losing on their last visit to Moscow, against CSKA two years ago, while also going down twice to the Ukrainians in 1998 and again in 2003.
''We knew very well prior to this the capabilities of the Arsenal forward,'' said Semin.
''But we will not be putting a man-marker on him. Adebayor plays all over the pitch, and in every zone there will be one of our players to meet him.''
Emmanuel Adebayor is ''hungry'' to end his Champions League heartache and fire Arsenal to European glory this season.
The Togo striker smashed a hat-trick against Blackburn on Saturday and will once again spearhead the Gunners attack as their Champions League campaign kicks off.
Adebayor - who netted 30 goals last season - has come a long way since arriving in north London from Monaco as a relative unknown during January 2006, and recently agreed a lucrative new deal with the Emirates Stadium club after a summer of speculation over a £35million move to AC Milan.
The powerful 6ft 3ins 24-year-old, though, has yet to taste success at the highest level, having watched from the bench as his old club were beaten 3-0 by Jose Mourinho's Porto in the 2004 Champions League final and then being cup-tied when Arsenal lost out to Barcelona in Paris two years later.
Adebayor is determined to make up for that bitter disappointment this time around.
''We have every chance to win the Champions League with Arsenal,'' he declared.
''I had the chance to be in the final with Monaco, but I was on the bench and I could see all these special things going on.
''Then with Arsenal, I could not play because I was cup-tied and in my head it was difficult - but now I have a chance to play so there is an argument for me to be more hungry than most of my team-mates.
''However, I am not the only one. Cesc [Fabregas] and Kolo [Toure] lost in the [2006] final as well and so all these players would like to win it in their career.
''These are the things that we are going to pin together as brothers and help each other on the pitch and off the pitch and try to achieve something this season.''
Adebayor added: ''I do not know whether we are going to win the Champions League or the Premier League - but we have to achieve something because we have the quality within the squad.
''We just have to believe in the squad and believe in ourselves to do it.
''I know if I have the chance to win something like the Champions League with a team like Arsenal I will be very happy and very glad.''
Arsenal remain without summer signings Sami Nasri and Mikael Silvestre.
Midfielder Nasri (ankle) and defender Silvestre (thigh) are certain to miss the game but Gael Clichy and Emmanuel Eboue are available to manager Arsene Wenger after recovering from minor knocks.
Mexican striker Carlos Vela has made the trip to Ukraine and is set to be a substitute, along with fellow youngster Jack Wilshere.
Adebayor is happy to be back in form, finally getting his domestic account up and running.
''My confidence has always been high because I have had a few chances,'' he said.
''I know if I keep working hard for the team and we keep on playing the football for the team, you always have a chance to score.
''Those are the things that I always put in my head and it made the goals that went in on Saturday against Blackburn easy.
''For me, the most important thing is to work hard for the team and I think up until now I have been doing that quite well.
''I am very happy and for sure my confidence is higher than before.''
While a win in the Stadion Valeriy Lobanovskyi would put them on course nicely, Arsenal do not have the best of records in the old Soviet bloc - losing on their last visit to Moscow, against CSKA two years ago, while also going down twice to the Ukrainians in 1998 and again in 2003.
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