max dowman
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Gyokeres and Madueke fire Arsenal third in Champions League with 2-1 win at Slavia
Slavia Prague 1-2 Arsenal, and Viktor Gyokeres’s goal seven minutes before half-time doubled the lead. On 38 minutes he curled his shot in off the post into the far corner. Gyokeres put it down to Mikel Merino: “I got a good pass from Merino and looked up to see if anyone was there.” It was… Continue reading
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Arteta takes blame for Fleetwood and backs Max Dowman before Arsenal’s trip to Anfield
Mikel Arteta has put the Fleetwood defeat on his own shoulders and made sure Max Dowman knows it. In the embargoed section of Friday's press conference, Arteta said his message to Dowman was that he won't be judged for the red card and that the club backs him fully. Dowman "should not take any responsibility… Continue reading
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Arteta says ‘we are not in Disneyland’ after Dowman ban is upheld before Anfield
Mikel Arteta was disappointed about Max Dowman's red card when he spoke ahead of Arsenal's trip to Liverpool. The club learned on Thursday that an independent commission had thrown out both of their appeals, one against the dismissal at Fleetwood on 27 October and one against the length of the three-match ban. "I'm very disappointed,… Continue reading
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Arsenal lose Max Dowman appeal as three-match ban rules him out of Anfield
Max Dowman will serve the full three-match ban from Tuesday's Carabao Cup exit at Fleetwood Town after an independent Regulatory Commission rejected Arsenal's appeal. The commission threw out both of the club's arguments, that the red card was wrong and that three games was too much. Dowman, 16, was sent off in the 85th minute… Continue reading
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Arsenal Women beat Benfica 3-0 as Alessia Russo hat-trick breaks Fran Kirby’s record
Alessia Russo scored all three goals as Arsenal Women beat Benfica 3-0 in the Champions League at Meadow Park on Wednesday night. Renée Slegers made three changes from Saturday's north London derby win, so Emily Fox, Lisa Baum and Leah Williamson dropped to the bench. Géraldine Reuteler and Élisa De Almeida made their first Arsenal… Continue reading
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Bukayo Saka could miss up to eight weeks as Arsenal await second scan
Bukayo Saka could be out for as long as eight weeks with the left quadriceps injury he picked up in Munich, and nothing Mikel Arteta said on Friday made that sound far-fetched. Arsenal sent him for another MRI scan that afternoon because so much fluid had gathered around the muscle that the medical staff couldn't… Continue reading
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Le Fée penalty should never have been given, panel finds
A five-person panel has gone back over the penalty Sunderland were given against Arsenal on 12 September and decided, unanimously, that it shouldn't have been awarded. The same panel decided VAR was right to leave it alone. Both findings, in the same breath. David Raya saved it anyway. Enzo Le Fée took it on 56… Continue reading
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Arsenal open to loaning Max Dowman out to aid his development
Three days after Max Dowman scored twice at Ipswich, the BBC reports that Arsenal would let him go out on loan this season if the right situation came along. Right circumstances being the key phrase, and the club deciding what those are. I can see the logic and I still don't love it. A 16-year-old… Continue reading
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Arsenal drawn away at League Two Fleetwood in Carabao Cup fourth round
Fleetwood Town away, at Highbury Stadium, in the week starting 26 October. That's the reward for Tuesday's 4-2 at Ipswich. League Two, a small ground, a long trip north. You know exactly how this one gets written up for a fortnight beforehand, and you also know Arsenal have just put four past a Championship side… Continue reading
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Dowman scores twice as Arsenal ease past Ipswich into fourth round
Ipswich 2-4 Arsenal, and a 16-year-old ran it. Max Dowman opened the scoring after seven minutes, winning possession in midfield, exchanging a pass and finishing it himself. Noni Madueke made it two on sixteen. Dowman got his second two minutes into the second half, and Merino's strike off the post made it four before the… Continue reading