Dowman sees red as Arsenal dumped out, but did Arteta go too far?

A shocking defeat, a red card card, a penalty-shootout and a drone tell the story of Arsenal's dramatic loss to League Two Fleetwood Town in the last-16 of the Carabao Cup. Arsenal's 16-year-old winger Max Dowman was sent off for the first time in his senior career Max Dowman is used to grabbing headlines for producing moments of magic but, after being sent off in just his second start of the season as Arsenal suffered a shock loss to Fleetwood Town, the 16-year-old is facing the first test of his short career. Dowman scored twice as Arsenal beat Ipswich in the previous round of the Carabao Cup and manager Mikel Arteta rewarded him with another start in the last-16 tie at Fleetwood.

And this one was perhaps more of a chance than it looked. Arsenal are currently light on options in the wing with Bukayo Saka, Christos Tzolis and Noni Madueke all injured. But, after being held by Fleetwood during normal time where the Gunners went behind despite having 26 shots and 78% possession, the Premier League champions lost on penalties following Dowman's red card, after a 1-1 draw in normal time. Arteta gave the youngster a scathing look as he left the pitch and angrily said something to the winger as he went down the tunnel, revealing after the