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mikel arteta Hailed a “special” performance from Max Dauman as the 15-year-old created new history. armoryYoungest starter ever in your team Carabao Cup Win against Brighton.
Ethan Nwaneri And bukayo saka – who replaced Dowman with 20 minutes remaining – struck in the second half Arsenal won 2-0 at the Emirates to secure their place in the fifth round and a home tie against Crystal Palace.
But it was Dowman, still two months and two days away from his 16th birthday, who stole the show and was given a standing ovation as he walked off the field.
“A little smile, that’s what you get with him,” Arteta said when asked how Dowman reacted when he told him he was starting.
“Everything comes natural to him, everything is fine to him. That’s the way he plays and that’s the secret that he doesn’t make too much of a fuss about it.”
“He does what he does best, which is to play football. To play football with a lot of courage and determination and today again, he has shown some incredible skills, some ability to get past players at that level.” Premier League At 15. This is definitely something special.
Asked whether the highly-rated teenager – who has previously come off the bench against Leeds and Liverpool in the league and at Port Vale in the last round of this competition – would now Desperate for more beginningsArteta said: “Definitely, if you ask him.
“This is what we have to manage and not only that, a lot of things are new in his life.
“We have to make sure that he takes the right steps and he also has to be able to deal with it, because it is happening very fast and we all need to be aware of it.
“Let’s encourage him to keep going, but let’s also protect him.”
Dowman was one of 10 changes made by Arteta, with only Eberechi Eze keeping his place as Crystal Palace beat Crystal Palace with a four-point lead. Premier League On Sunday.
Brighton had chances to score but Arsenal held the visitors at bay as Arteta’s men recorded their eighth win on the bounce and sixth consecutive clean sheet.
Their defense has been breached only three times in 14 matches in all competitions so far.
Arteta said: “We were struggling in the first half. I expected that when you make 10 changes and you have players who have never played before and some of them haven’t played much this season.
“You have to gamble. But I was willing to take that risk and in the second half, we needed to start in a different way and we definitely did that and the momentum of the game changed.”
disappointed brighton manager Fabian Herzeler Lamented his team’s failure to convert any of their six shots on Arsenal goal.
He said: “When we take all the chances, we are in the next round. It’s about scoring and defending and we were not able to score or defend in the most important tasks.
“Arsenal’s goal changed the game and as we all know it is not easy to score goals here.”
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