Arsenal midfielder Max Dowman has become the youngest player ever to score in a UEFA Youth League game. Dowman — aged 14 years, eight months, and 19 days — scored Arsenal Under-18s’ only goal in a 4-1 defeat to their Atalanta counterparts to become the competition’s youngest goalscorer since its inception in 2013.

Arsenal academy midfielder Max Dowman has made history by becoming the youngest-ever goalscorer in the UEFA Youth League at just 14 years old. Dowman found the net in Bergamo on Thursday afternoon but Arsenal were on the receiving end of a 4-1 defeat to Atalanta.

Arsenal are set to take on Italian side Atalanta in their Champions League opener and one of their brightest talents has already become a UEFA record holder ahead of the game in Bergamo

Arsenal manager Mikel Arteta is urging his team to find more consistency as they prepare to travel to Manchester City on Sunday (kick-off 16:30 BST). The Gunners have scored once in their past two matches - a 1-0 victory at Tottenham and a 0-0 draw at Atalanta - with that goal coming through centre-back Gabriel,

Arsenal have to show they are ready to topple Premier League champions Manchester City in Sunday's top-of-the-table clash between the title favourites, according to Gunners' boss Mikel Arteta.City failed to score against Arsenal in the Premier League last season and the Gunners' title challenge looks set to be built on solid foundations once more.