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Max Dowman is an option not only for the future but for now.
LONDON, ENGLAND - MARCH 14: Max Dowman celebrates scoring the 2nd Arsenal goal during the Premier League match between Arsenal and Everton at Emirates Stadium on March 14, 2026 in London, England. (Photo by Stuart MacFarlane/Arsenal FC via Getty Images) | Arsenal FC via Getty Images If Arsenal go on to win the league, Max Dowman’s introduction against Everton will forever be associated with it. With Arsenal struggling to break down an obdurate Everton side and missing the technical quality of Leandro Trossard and Martin Odegaard, Mikel Arteta didn’t make a like for like change or bring on Gabriel Jesus: he sprung for Dowman.
The question now is whether he’ll continue to do so. Arteta has already shown immense trust in Dowman and a belief that he is the best option: Dowman came on when Arsenal were trailing at Anfield in August, and he chose Dowman again in a high pressure moment on Saturday. But if Dowman’s role were to expand, there is a space for him in the team.
When young players making a breakthrough, there is always temptation to see them once and declare they are good enough. But as Myles Lewis-Skelly has shown this season, young players go through patchy form, as the opposition adjust and players, who often starred throughout youth football, face setbacks for the first time. Dowman won’t always score, as he did on Saturday; there is the chance that his appearance is defined by a miss, as it could’ve been as he missed a half-decent chance.
But he kept going and created Arsenal’s winner. One of the more intriguing aspects of Arsenal’s 2-1 win at Mansfield Town two weekends ago was not only Dowman’s performance, but the position he played. Thus far, we’ve mostly seen Dowman on the right, including against Everton.