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The other game, at Chelsea, finished 1-0 to Newcastle. So they rise to ninth and Chelsea remain fifth for now, three points adrift of Man United and Villa, who meet tomorrow.
The man of the match is surely going to be …. a boy.
ShareFULL TIME! Arsenal 2-0 Everton
And so, after 89 minutes of angst, Arsenal finish with ten minutes of euphoria and go ten points clear at the top of the league. They have never had a younger goalscorer.
ShareGOAL! Arsenal 2-0 Everton (Dowman 90+7)
Arsenal counter… and Dowman, who has dribbled half the length of the field, coolly sends the ball into an empty net! He is just 16. What a great moment.
Dowman of Arsenal scores. Photograph: Catherine Ivill/AMA/Getty ImagesShare
Updated at 15.31 EDT
90+5 min Everton win a corner. Pickford’s going up!
90+4 min Arsenal dawdle over the corner, then send the ball all the way back to Raya. He goes long, so does Pickford, and Barry’s knock-down ends up back with Raya. Moyes has one last sub, Tyrique George. Everton have a free kick but Gabriel heads it away.
90+3 min The crowd are singing again, warming up for their next rendition of North London Forever. Martinelli has a long shot, tipped over by Pickford.
90+1 min There will be six minutes of added time. And Arsenal are ten points clear at the top, largely thanks to Max Dowman, who is too young to celebrate with a pint afterwards.
ShareGOAL!!!! Arsenal 1-0 Everton (Gyokeres 89)
Sure enough. Dowman whips in a lovely cross, Hincapié knocks it down, and Gyokeres has an open goal.
Gyokeres celebrates with Dowman after scoring. Photograph: Andrew Matthews/PAShare
Updated at 15.28 EDT
88 min Gyokeres has had seven touches in his 28 minutes on the field…
87 min Scores on the doors. Total shots: Arsenal 22-8 Everton. Shots on target: 4-3. Clear-cut chances: 0-0.
Updated at 15.18 EDT
86 min Iroegbunam is taken off, along with McNeil. Both have done well but Moyes wants fresh legs, so they give way to Armstrong and Rohl.
85 min Free kick to Arsenal just inside the Everton half. They work the ball sideways yet again. Eze has it near the D, but Iroegbunam is too quick for him and wins a free kick.
83 min Dewsbury-Hall wiggles into the box, only to be coolly dispossessed by Rice. Then Arsenal race upfield and there’s a shot from Dowman, over the bar.
Dowman reacts after missing a chance. Photograph: Andrew Matthews/PAShare
Updated at 15.22 EDT
82 min Everton have kept Arsenal at bay, and you can see that in this stat. Arsenal have had 12 shots from outside the box, five more than in any other league game this season.
81 min Arsenal try to stage the death of a thousand passes. The thousandth is a wild cross by Martinelli which goes straight out for a goal kick.
80 min Saka has shifted inside and Dowman is playing on the right, with brio.
79 min The cameras go looking for worried faces with red-and-white scarves attached. They’re spoilt for choice.
Updated at 15.09 EDT
77 min So Declan Rice is now Arsenal’s only holding midfielder, with Dowman and Eze ahead of him. These two combine immediately as Dowman goes on a run and finds Eze, whose shot is blocked. Soon Eze has another shot, from distance, which is palmed away by Pickford – but the flag is up.
74 min Arteta, who can be defensive, decides to go for broke. He removes Zubimendi and sends on Max Dowman, aged 16. As if already wondering whether that’s too dashing, he also sends on Hincapié for Calafiori – who was terrific.
73 min Chance! Everton win a free kick on the left. Garner whips it in nicely, an Arsenal head deflects it and it just squeezes past the far post.
72 min Everton have conceded only 33 goals on the road this season. But can they hold out for 20 more minutes? Their makeshift defence will surely get weay.
70 min Moyes, by the way, was booked some time ago, presumably for his persistent complaints.
69 min Everton’s first sub: Barry for Beto. Meanwhile Max Dowman is warming up.
67 min As the ball ricochets around after the corner, Ndiaye tries to spin past Saka, who gets a solid tackle in. Poacher turned gamekeeper.
67 min Mykolenko goes on the overlap, possibly for the first time. He wins a corner.
66 min That was Arsenal’s 18th shot of the game, to Everton’s seven. But it’s still even Stevens for shots on target: 3-3.
65 min Shot! From Eze. It beats Pickford’s dive but whistles past the far post.
64 min Gyokeres is set free down the left, but finds himself well shepherded. This makeshift Everton back four has done very well so far.
O’Brien grapples with Gyokeres. Photograph: Catherine Ivill/AMA/Getty ImagesShare
Updated at 15.01 EDT
62 min A box informs us that Arsenal are top of the table for goal involvements by subs, with 13 – nine goals and four assists. This does feel like the kind of game Gyokeres will fancy.
60 min Cometh the hour, cometh more subs. Gyokeres for Havertz, Martinelli for Madueke.