LONDON - Joyous Arsenal fans toasted a new young hero as Max Dowman, aged 16 years and 73 days, sealed a vital 2-0 home win over Everton to become the youngest Premier League scorer and move his side provisionally 10 points clear in the title race on March 14.
It had been another nervous night at The Emirates as Arsenal laboured against Everton but all that was forgotten when substitute Dowman produced a magical moment with virtually the last kick to spark an eruption of celebrations.
Dowman came off the bench along with Viktor Gyokeres on the hour, with Arsenal running out of ideas and in danger of surrendering control of their destiny as they grind towards a first title since 2004.