Arsenal wonderkid Max Dowman, 15, scores HAT-TRICK as Under-18s come out on top in eight-goal thriller vs Leicester

ARSENAL starlet Max Dowman bagged a hat-trick as the Gunners' Under-18s won 5-3 at Leicester.

Dowman, 15, has for his performances in the academy this season.

Max Dowman is already a star man for Arsenal's Under-18s

The teenage sensation travelled with ‘s first team on on their warm weather training in February.

While Gunners youth team coach Gus Oliveira has even .

Earlier today, Alex Marciniak gave Arsenal Under-18s the lead on 18 minutes, having been played through by Dowman.

Josh King levelled for on 23 minutes, only for Dowman to reclaim the Young Gunners' lead with a shot from the edge of the box on 27 minutes.

Dowman then made it 3-1 on 57 minutes, running from the halfway line to score.

Lorenzo Strachan cut Leicester's deficit shortly after the hour mark, but barely a minute later Dowman completed his brilliant hat-trick by converting a penalty.

Louis Page did grab another for Leicester, only for Brando Bailey-Joseph to seal Arsenal's 5-3 win in stoppage time.

Dowman has scored five goals and laid on three assists in the Under-18 Premier League South this season.

He also scored three goals in as many games as Arsenal reached the quarter-finals of Youth Cup.

In December he made his Under-21s debut aged just 14.

And in January, said of Dowman: “Very impressive. Some of the things he does is unbelievable.

“We have a lot of belief we can develop him into one of our own.

“There are a lot of restrictions for his age so we will have to wait and see.

“He is taking fast steps.”

Dowman, 15, trains alongside Arsenal captain Martin Odegaard