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Africa-Press – Nigeria. <\/strong><\/span>Arsenal manager, Mikel Arteta, has said \u201cpure gut feeling\u201d was behind his decision to include Ethan Nwaneri in his squad for the Brentford match.<\/p>\n

The Gunners returned to the top of the table following a 3-0 win at the Gtech Community Stadium on Sunday.<\/p>\n

William Saliba, Gabriel Jesus and Fabio Vieira all scored for Arteta\u2019s side.<\/p>\n

However, one of the moments of the game saw a 15-year-old Nwaneri make his debut.<\/p>\n

Nwaneri came on to replace Bukayo Saka in the 90th minute of the game.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt was a pure gut feeling. I met the boy, I really liked what I saw. He trained with us a couple of times.<\/p>\n

\u201cI had that feeling yesterday that if the opportunity could come, I would do it. He deserves it,\u201d Arteta told reporters.<\/p>\n

At the age of 15 years and 181 days, Ethan Nwaneri became the youngest ever player to appear in a Premier League match.<\/p>\n

The previous-youngest had been Harvey Elliott, who played for Fulham at the age of 16 years and 30 days (v Wolves in May 2019).<\/p>\n

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