Dowman makes history as 16-year-old & Gyokeres give Arsenal last-gasp win over Everton

[p]Pinpoint crosses and towering headers often come to mind when thinking of [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/arsenal/hA1Zm19f/"]Arsenal[/a]’s corners, yet the game’s first opportunity came from [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/rice-declan/zkQ8Cm6n/"]Declan Rice[/a] playing the ball short to [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/madueke-chukwunonso/Ac57P9Pt/"]Noni Madueke[/a] for a strike that [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/pickford-jordan/SKTJdUtH/"]Jordan Pickford[/a] saved.[/p][p]The Gunners continued to show early intent with shots already stacking up inside the opening quarter-hour, as [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/gueye-idrissa/f12b2WQA/"]Idrissa Gueye[/a] blocked an attempt from [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/calafiori-riccardo/CEwq7x7l/"]Riccardo Calafiori[/a] and [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/zubimendi-martin/fNI6Gsdr/"]Martin Zubimendi[/a], while Calafiori, [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/saka-bukayo/08NLEo06/"]Bukayo Saka[/a] and [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/eze-eberechi/Stf4BYFn/"]Eberechi Eze[/a] all fired off-target.[/p][p]The hosts still faced scares at the other end, with only a brilliantly improvised Calafiori block denying [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/mcneil-dwight/2sHSjL7k/"]Dwight McNeil[/a] from point-blank range, who then curled his shot from range onto the post.[/p][p]In what had quickly become a highly competitive affair, Eze hit Zubimendi with an attempt from range before [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/dewsbury-hall-kiernan/p2OLMO3D/"]Kiernan Dewsbury-Hall[/a]’s venomous shot from outside of the box was palmed away by [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/raya-david/nkVV0IXb/"]David Raya[/a].[/p][p]There was still disappointment for Arsenal despite that save, with [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/timber-jurrien/hSaoLOM4/"]Jurrien Timber[/a] going off injured in the 38th minute and [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/ndiaye-iliman/Im0c6Oy7/"]Iliman Ndiaye[/a] rushing out to deny Saka an opportunity before the break.[/p][image alt="Momentum" id="d282f52b-0252-44d3-9bfc-5640c0fe46fa" credit-line="Opta by Stats Perform" guid="a3a89b2f-c874-4298-b690-aa1178c55afd" original-width="1920" original-height="1080" /][p][a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/everton/KluSTr9s/"]Everton[/a] continued to carry a threat after the restart with Beto being denied by Raya’s outstretched boot, while Saka and Calafiori saw an attempt apiece blocked by [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/keane-michael/88V6O2X4/"]Michael Keane[/a] as they also stood firm defensively.[/p][p]Pickford then saved another Saka shot as Arsenal continued to probe for an opener, with [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/arteta-mikel/lAbHYaQM/"]Mikel Arteta[/a] turning to [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/gyokeres-viktor/zaBZ1xIk/"]Viktor Gyokeres[/a] and [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/martinelli/dITe5M88/"]Gabriel Martinelli[/a] just after the hour mark. [/p][p]There was a feeling that it would take something special to break down the Toffees, and Eze came agonisingly close to providing it with a shot that curled marginally wide.[/p][p]The hosts resorted to hitting shots from range with Eze doing the best job of testing Pickford before [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/max-dowman/WzLvGkGO/"]Dowman[/a] struck harmlessly high and wide.[/p][p][b]Arsenal finally made the breakthrough in the 89th minute, when Pickford missed Dowman’s cross and the ball bounced off Piero Hincapie into Gyökeres’ path for the striker to finish. [/b][/p][p][b]Having delivered the cross for the opener, Dowman then had a moment completely of his own as the 16-year-old raced up the pitch and became the youngest goalscorer in PL history with Pickford in no man’s land after going forward for a corner. [/b][/p][image alt="Dowman's goal" id="ed274c88-a2ad-473a-b797-e20393d5362c" credit-line="Action Images via Reuters / Paul Childs" guid="2466eb43-4e8c-4e95-b27b-6dff6cec7ca0" original-width="1080" original-height="1080" /][p]The victory secures the Gunners’ fourth consecutive PL win, taking them 10 points ahead of Manchester City ahead of their match against West Ham.[/p][p]In doing so, they also inflicted the first defeat in Everton’s last three matches.[/p][p][b]Flashscore Man of the Match: [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/max-dowman/WzLvGkGO/"]Max Dowman[/a] ([a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/arsenal/hA1Zm19f/"]Arsenal[/a])[/b][/p][p][b][a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/game/soccer/arsenal-hA1Zm19f/everton-KluSTr9s/summary/stats/?mid=4OXbaaaf"]Catch up on the match stats with Flashscore[/a][/b][/p][embed guid="47faca71-afa3-4ff0-881e-15a227974e37" url="https://x.com/premierleague/status/2032905387045769680" social-type="twitter" /]