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Arsenal's Max Dowman celebrates scoring against Everton (Ben STANSALL) Mikel Arteta said Max Dowman is ready to start "regularly" for Arsenal after the history-making teen sensation pushes for a place in Tuesday's Champions League clash with Bayer Leverkusen. Dowman starred as Arsenal beat Everton 2-0 on Saturday to move nine points clear at the top of the Premier League. Aged just 16 years and 73 days, Dowman came off the bench to secure a vital victory for the Gunners as he provided the cross for Viktor Gyokeres to score the opener before netting himself in stoppage-time.
The midfield prodigy's goal made him the youngest scorer in Premier League history, earning plaudits from Arteta, who now has to decide whether to start him in the last-16 second leg against Leverkusen. When asked if Dowman is ready to play regularly, Arteta told reporters on Monday: "Yeah regularly. Depending on what you call regularly.
"Depending on the game and how he reacts. I think his reaction has been really positive and in relation to what we need in the game. "To do what he did in such a moment, it's very rare to see, or impossible almost.
"He's done it and now it's football and what you've done a few days ago is not relevant any more, it's about the next one. " Gunners defender Riccardo Calafiori said Dowman, who is still studying for school exams, is already a popular figure in Arsenal's squad. "The first time that you see him on the pitch, you're quite curious about him.
He's so young but at the same time so mature on the pitch," Calafiori said. "He can improve so many things but he's a talent, as you can see. But at the same time we have to leave him quiet and don't speak about him too much because he has everything.