Arsenal wonderkid Max Dowman, 15, scores HAT-TRICK as Under-18s come out on top in eight-goal thriller vs Leicester
ARSENAL starlet Max Dowman bagged a hat-trick as the Gunners’ Under-18s won 5-3 at Leicester.
Dowman, 15, has attracted plenty of attention for his performances in the academy this season.
The teenage sensation travelled with Arsenal‘s first team on on their warm weather training trip to Dubai in February.
While Gunners youth team coach Gus Oliveira has even likened him to Brazilian legend Kaka.
Earlier today, Alex Marciniak gave Arsenal Under-18s the lead on 18 minutes, having been played through by Dowman.
Josh King levelled for Leicester on 23 minutes, only for Dowman to reclaim the Young Gunners’ lead with a shot from the edge of the box on 27 minutes.
Dowman then made it 3-1 on 57 minutes, running from the halfway line to score.
Lorenzo Strachan cut Leicester’s deficit shortly after the hour mark, but barely a minute later Dowman completed his brilliant hat-trick by converting a penalty.
Louis Page did grab another for Leicester, only for Brando Bailey-Joseph to seal Arsenal’s 5-3 win in stoppage time.
Dowman has scored five goals and laid on three assists in the Under-18 Premier League South this season.
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He also scored three goals in as many games as Arsenal reached the quarter-finals of the FA Youth Cup.
In December he made his Under-21s debut aged just 14.
And in January, Mikel Arteta said of Dowman: “Very impressive. Some of the things he does is unbelievable.
“We have a lot of belief we can develop him into one of our own.
“There are a lot of restrictions for his age so we will have to wait and see.
“He is taking fast steps.”