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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Sport
Miguel Delaney

How Max Dowman galvanised Arsenal’s title charge – and what next for history-making teenager

As the Arsenal players got into an ecstatic dressing room, the man of the match wasn’t there. Goalscorer Viktor Gyokeres even came in carrying his award.

That is all because Max Dowman isn’t actually the man of the match but the boy of the match, since he’s still… just a child. Premier League rules mean he’s not actually allowed to change in the same dressing room as adults. He has to go around near the referees’ room.

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