""For him, everything is natural. For him, everything is okay. It's the way he plays. I think that's the secret, that he doesn't make a big fuss of it. He just does what he does best, which is to play football, to play football with a lot of courage and determination. Today, again, he's shown some incredible skill, some capacity to run past players at that level in the Premier League at 15. It's something definitely special.""
""For sure, if you ask him, for sure," he added. "That's what we have to manage. Not only that, there are a lot of new things in his life, we discussed that a few days ago, make sure that he does the right steps, that he behaves and accepts because he's going to go with this one, then he's going to play in a different team, and he needs to cope with all that because it's happening"
Arsenal made wholesale changes and progressed to the EFL Cup quarter-finals with a 2-0 win over Brighton, courtesy of goals from Ethan Nwaneri and Bukayo Saka. Fifteen-year-old Max Dowman, aged 15 years and 302 days, started and played a key role on the wing. Mikel Arteta praised Dowman's naturalness, courage, determination and ability to run past players at that level despite his age. Arteta noted Dowman reacted calmly with a "tiny smile" and said the club must manage the many new changes in his life, ensuring he takes the right steps and copes with increased demands.
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