Arsenal’s 16-year-old Max Dowman scored twice in a 4-2 League Cup victory at Ipswich Town to continue the club’s perfect start to the season and Liverpool also reached the fourth round as they beat Tottenham Hotspur 3-1 at Anfield on Tuesday (September 15, 2026).
Dowman showed great footwork to open the scoring in the seventh minute and made it 3-0 shortly after the interval with another silky finish to become only the second 16-year-old to score two goals in the same game for a Premier League club. Noni Madueke had doubled Arsenal’s lead and Mikel Merino made it 4-0 before Ipswich rallied with goals by Anis Mehmeti and Chuba Akpom to salvage some pride. Struggling Tottenham sent out a strong starting lineup at Anfield against a Liverpool team showing 10 changes from the side that drew with Fulham at the weekend. Fulham won a five-goal thriller at second-tier West Ham United with Oscar Bobb’s first goal for the club sealing a 3-2 win at the London Stadium. Top-flight Brentford also made it through with a 2-1 win at Reading thanks to goals by Callum Wilson and Fabio Carvalho.
Premier League champions Arsenal have now won all six of their games this season in all competitions. Conor Gallagher headed Tottenham’s reply — the club’s first goal against Premier League opposition this season — but substitute Dominik Szoboszlai wrapped up the win with a stunning late thunderbolt from outside the penalty area.
Dowman matched Wayne Rooney’s feat of scoring twice for Everton in a League Cup tie against Wrexham in 2002 and manager Mikel Arteta said “everything is possible” for the youngster.