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Arsenal: We will start with the Premier League leaders, Arsenal, who found a will and a way against Everton and it was largely due to Max Dowman. His cross in the 89th minute caused a scramble and unlocked Everton’s defence, allowing by Viktor Gyökeres to score the first. The 16-year-old’s audacious with a second that sent Kiernan Dewsbury-Hall to no man’s land. David Hytner was at the Emirates Stadium to witness all the glory:

Everton had sent Pickford forward for an all-or-nothing corner but when Arsenal cleared and the ball was worked to Dowman, he took over. He got away from Vitalii Mykolenko but it was the feint inside and away from Kiernan Dewsbury-Hall that took the breath. The Everton midfielder slumped to the turf and stayed there. He could see what was about to happen. Everybody could.

Dowman motored across halfway and nobody was going to catch him. It was a run to glory, just him and the goal, Everton’s players fading into the background behind him. He might have shot but instead he kept running, all the way to the penalty spot before he rolled the ball home.

The noise in the stands exploded like a firecracker, Arteta taking off in a celebratory leap. It seemed as if Dowman had been installed as more than the Premier League’s youngest ever scorer. Has he provided the spark for Arsenal’s first title in 22 years?