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Fabian Hurzeler discussed Arsenal record-breaker Max Dowman after his Brighton side were knocked out of the Carabao Cup.

Dowman, 15, became the youngest player to ever start a match for Arsenal in Wednesday’s 2-0 win over Brighton.

Mikel Arteta made ten changes from the team that beat Crystal Palace at the weekend but a youthful Gunners side was still strong enough to see off Brighton.

Ethan Nwaneri, Arsenal’s previous youngest player before Dowman, broke the deadlock on the hour mark after combining with fellow academy graduate Myles Lewis-Skelly.

Bukayo Saka, one of the older and most experienced players in the squad but still only 24, put the game to bed when he came off the bench to score Arsenal’s second.

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Arsenal’s priority is to win their first Premier League title since 2004 and Arteta’s side are four points clear at the top of the table.

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