Mikel Arteta refuses to be drawn on future involvement of Max Dowman

The teenager sealed a crucial win for the Gunners over Everton on Saturday. 

TEENAGE KICKS: Max Dowman celebrates scoring. Pic: Andrew Matthews/PA

Arsenal boss Mikel Arteta refused to entertain speculation about future Max Dowman starts after the year 11 student became the youngest goalscorer in Premier League history in the 2-0 victory over Everton.

Arteta gambled when a hunch led him to introduce the teenager – 16 years and 73 days old when he was introduced in the 74th minute of a goalless stalemate at the Emirates Stadium – but it paid off when Dowman first made Viktor Gyokeres’ 89th-minute breakthrough with a cross before immortalising himself in the seventh minute of added time.