‘Something special’ – Dowman makes history for Arsenal

Max Dowman, 15, broke the record for the previous day. However, his manager Mikel Arteta claims that Arsenal’s teenage star is taking his own stride.

With teammate Ethan Nwaneri holding both records, the winger had already made history of himself by becoming the club’s second- and second-youngest player to play in the Premier League.

However, Dowman, who was 15 years and 302 days old, on Wednesday, scored the only goal of the EFL Cup victory over Brighton to make him the youngest player to start an Arsenal game.

In the 5-0 win over Leeds in August, Dowman made his Premier League debut off the bench, but his talent has piqued the club’s interest for a long time.

He was a standout player on Arsenal’s pre-season tour and has been training with the first team since he was 14 years old.

Four teenagers, including Dowman and Andre Harriman-Annous, who were both making their full debuts, made ten changes to the side that defeated Crystal Palace on Sunday.

When asked how Dowman responded when he learned he was beginning, Arteta responded, “A tiny smile, that’s what you get with him.”

“For him, everything is natural, and for him, everything is fine.” The secret is that he doesn’t make a lot of fuss about it because of how he plays.

He simply pursues his passion of playing football, which he does best. to play football with great deeds and tenacity, and he has once more demonstrated some incredible skill and ability to pass past Premier League players at that level at age 15 It’s undoubtedly something special.

In a notable run, Diego Gomez of Brighton was left battling it out with Dowman, who once more demonstrated his excellent dribbling ability.

He had the most duels (nine) and the most dribbles (five), the most fouls (four), and the most duels (nine) among any other player on the field.

We made ten changes, and we played players who have never played together, but Max and Andre made two significant debuts, Arteta continued.

If Dowman makes his Champions League debut before his birthday at the end of the year, he could become the youngest player to do so, according to Arteta, who claims the youngster believes he is ready to make an impact in any situation.

“For certain, if you ask him, for certain,” Arteta said.

We discussed that a few days ago, and that’s exactly what we have to manage. Not only that, there are many new things in his life.

We must make sure he takes the appropriate steps, and he must be able to cope with it as well, because it is happening very quickly, and we must all be aware of that.

Let’s encourage him to continue in that direction while also guarding him.

The academy at Arsenal had a great time with the 17-year-old Harriman-Annous contributing to the Gunners’ second goal, and the 19-year-old Myles Lewis-Skelly and fellow academy graduate Nwaneri combined for the opener.

“That’s what it is,” added Arteta, “and I’m very happy with both of them (Dowman and Harris-Annous) today.

Two academy graduates, two goals, two goals scored by Myles, Ethan and Ethan, Bukayo [Saka] also scored, making it to the quarter-finals.