One other day, one other file for 15-year-old Max Dowman. However Arsenal’s teenage prodigy is taking all the things in his stride, in keeping with his supervisor Mikel Arteta.

The winger had already written himself into Arsenal’s historical past books by turning into the second-youngest participant to signify the membership and second-youngest to play within the Premier League – with team-mate Ethan Nwaneri holding each information.

However on Wednesday Dowman grew to become the youngest participant – at 15 years and 302 days outdated – to start out a match for Arsenal as he starred within the EFL Cup win over Brighton.

Dowman made his Premier League debut off the bench in Arsenal’s 5-0 win over Leeds in August – however his expertise has had everybody on the membership excited for a very long time.

He has been coaching with the primary group since he was 14 and was one of many standout gamers on Arsenal’s pre-season tour.

Arteta made 10 modifications to the aspect that beat Crystal Palace on Sunday and his youthful aspect contained 4 youngsters – together with Dowman and Andre Harriman-Annous who had been each making their full debuts.

“A tiny smile, that is what you get with him,” Arteta stated when requested how Dowman reacted when he heard he was beginning.

“For him all the things is pure, for him all the things is OK. It is the way in which he performs and that is the key, that he does not make an enormous fuss of it.

“He simply does what he does greatest, which is to play soccer. To play soccer with a variety of braveness and dedication and as we speak once more, he has proven some unbelievable ability, some capability to run previous gamers at that stage within the Premier League at 15. It is positively one thing particular.”

Dowman once more confirmed his wonderful dribbling potential and in a single notable run left Brighton’s Diego Gomez scrambling to maintain up.

He accomplished essentially the most dribbles (5), gained essentially the most fouls (4), and gained essentially the most duels (9) of any participant on the pitch.

“We made 10 modifications, we performed gamers that by no means performed collectively, but we made two enormous debuts for Max and Andre,” Arteta added.

“That feeling of giving the chance to any individual and fulfilling a dream is exclusive, and I am very blissful that issues turned out to be very optimistic, and we managed to win the sport.”