Max Dowman gave Arsenal’s League Cup night at Ipswich the look of a coming-out party, scoring twice and creating another in a 4-2 win. The teenager does not turn 17 until 31 December, yet he was the sharpest figure in Mikel Arteta’s side as they moved into the next round.
Max Dowman lights up Arsenal’s 4-2 League Cup win at Ipswich
Quick facts
- Arsenal won 4-2 away to Ipswich in the League Cup.
- Max Dowman scored two goals and supplied an assist.
- Dowman opened the scoring in the seventh minute.
- Noni Madueke made it 2-0 in the 16th minute after pressure from Dowman forced an error from goalkeeper Christian Walton.
- Dowman added Arsenal’s third after half-time before setting up Mikel Merino for the fourth in the 58th minute.
- Emmanuel Mehmeti and Chuba Akpom scored late consolation goals for Ipswich.
Dowman broke the deadlock after seven minutes, carrying the ball through the Ipswich defence before finishing from around the penalty spot. It was the sort of direct, fearless run that tends to make a young player’s age feel rather beside the point.
His influence reached beyond the two goals recorded beside his name. Dowman pressed Walton into a mistake in the move that ended with Madueke scoring Arsenal’s second after 16 minutes.
After the interval, Dowman found a delicate finish to beat Walton for 3-0. He then turned provider, picking out Merino on the edge of the area in the 58th minute for Arsenal’s fourth.
It might have been a clean sheet for Kepa Arrizabalaga, but Ipswich found late reward. Mehmeti struck in the 62nd minute and Akpom added another in stoppage time, taking a little gloss from the scoreline but not from Arsenal’s control of the tie.
For Arteta, it was another victory for a side gathering momentum. For Dowman, it was a reminder that last season’s introduction to senior football was not a one-night curiosity: Arsenal appear to have another young player asking serious questions of the established order.
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