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Gruev excited by challenge of 'biggest league in the world'

Yorkshire Evening Post

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July 26, 2025

On April 21, 2009 eight-year-old Ilia Gruev was sitting at home with his mum watching Arsenal draw 4-4 with Liverpool.

- by Graham Smyth

Gruev excited by challenge of 'biggest league in the world'

A core memory, it sticks out most because Andrey Arshavin scored all four goals for the Gunners.

"I think every kid around the world knows the Premier League and watches the Premier League if they're interested in football," he told the YEP.

"I remember really strong [Premier League] teams also who played Europe. I remember the Liverpool team who won against AC Milan in Istanbul, the turnaround. I remember a lot of scenes. I remember I was very young, Andrey Arshavin scored four goals.

"This was one moment which stuck in my head. I watched it with my mum. I have a lot of memories, of course, because it's the biggest league in the world."

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