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15 yr old Ethan Nwanieri stars for Arsenal against Brentford.

Arsenal’s Ethan Nwaneri becomes youngest Premier League player at 15

  • Youngster comes on at age of 15 years and 181 days
  • Liverpool’s Harvey Elliott previously held the record.

Fifteen-year-old Ethan Nwaneri became the youngest player in Premier League history when he came on as a substitute for Arsenal as they returned to the top of the Premier League with a comfortable 3-0 win at Brentford on Sunday.

Nwaneri, who is 15 years and 181 days old, came on in the second minute of stoppage time, the first player under 16 to play in the competition. Harvey Elliott, now at Liverpool, previously held the record at 16 years and 30 days when he played for Fulham in 2019.

Arsenal's Fábio Vieira scores their third goal against Brentford

William Saliba headed Arsenal in front in the 17th minute, rising to angle a corner from Bukayo Saka in off the far post. Another header, 11 minutes later, doubled Arsenal’s advantage when Grant Xhaka picked out Gabriel Jesus with a perfectly floated cross from the left which the Brazilian met powerfully.

The game was put beyond Brentford in the fourth minute after the break thanks to a wonderful strike from outside the box by the Portuguese midfielder Fábio Vieira, which rattled in off a post

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