Max Dowman scores twice as Arsenal defeats Ipswich in Carabao Cup

Ipswich Town boss Gary O’Neil was gracious in defeat on Tuesday night, heaping praise on Arsenal and young star Max Dowman in his post-match press conference.Photo by Ben Roberts Photo/Getty ImagesA...

Ipswich Town hosted Arsenal at Portman Road this Tuesday, Sept. 15, for the third round of the EFL Cup. Here are the player ratings for both sides. Gary O’Neill’s team qualified for this round of the Cup after defeating Leicester City 3-1 on Aug. 25. That night, Sindre Walle Egeli scored in the 62nd minute, […] The post Ipswich Town 2-4 Arsenal: Player Ratings as 16-Year-Old Max Dowman Steals the Spotlight appeared first on HEAVY.

Arsenal cruised into the fourth round of the Carabao Cup with a 4-2 win over Ipswich Town on Tuesday, with 16-year-old Max Dowman the star of the show at Portman Road

Ipswich 2-4 Arsenal: The 16-year-old danced past defender Cedric Kipre before firing the Gunners in front in the sixth minute of his first start of the season

The bad news for everyone else is that Arsenal’s next generation is already here. Two mesmerising goals in a man-of-the-match display from Max Dowman underlined why the 16-year-old has been compared to a certain Lionel Messi by his manager, Mikel Arteta, as Ipswich were swatted aside with ease. Almost as impressive was the performance of 17-year-old Marli Salmon, who oozed class in central defence on only the second senior start of his career. Ipswich won here the last time these two sides met in this competition, in 2011, but lost 3-0 in the second leg of the semi-final at the Emirates before Arsenal infamously lost to Birmingham in the final. Fifteen years on, Gary O’Neil’s heavily rotated side stood no chance here against last year’s runners up after Dowman’s brilliant opening goal. Noni Madueke and the stand-in skipper Mikel Merino were also on target as Arsenal made it seven wins out of seven to start the new campaign. Continue reading...