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Image caption, Max Dowman has made five appearances for Arsenal this season
ByBobbie Jackson,BBC Sport JournalistandGary Rose,BBC Sport journalist
Arsenal teenager Max Dowman has become the youngest player to feature in a Champions League game after a substitute appearance in the 3-0 win at Slavia Prague.
Aged 15 years and 308 days, the forward broke the record set by Youssoufa Moukoko when the German featured for Borussia Dortmund against Zenit at 16 years and 18 days.
Dowman came off the bench to replace Leandro Trossard in the 72nd minute as Arsenal recorded a 10th successive win – and an eighth clean sheet in a row to match a club record set in 1903 – in Tuesday’s league phase match.
Gunners boss Mikel Arteta was full of praise as he said: “It doesn’t get any harder than this competition and Max, at 15, straight away looked to take people on and win free-kicks.
“The way he plays he attracts a lot of contact. He is so good at timing the right moment to move the ball. We have a massive player there.”
Dowman’s landmark comes just six days after he became the youngest Arsenal player to start a match in the EFL Cup win over Brighton.
The winger is already the second youngest to represent the Gunners and second youngest to play in the Premier League – with team-mate Ethan Nwaneri holding both re
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