Best Premier League teenage impacts debated after Rio Ngumoha and Max Dowman make history

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From THAT Wayne Rooney goal against Arsenal in 2002 to Robbie Fowler's four-minute and 33-second hat-trick eight years prior, there've been some incredible feats from youngsters down the years.

We asked the Mirror Football team to pick their most memorable impact from a teenager in Premier League history.

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It is still impossible to look past Wayne Rooney and his goal against Arsenal way back in October 2002.



Rooney went on to have an incredible career for club and country and I just lived hearing him talk this week after Max Dowman made his debut for Arsenal aged 15 years and 234 days.

Rooney revealed he went back after games to play with his mates on the street, kicking a ball against the garages and just being one of the lads.

And Rooney did.

What's the best moment from a teenager in Premier League history?

Let us know your pick in the comments section.

Wayne Rooney announced himself as a 16-year-old against Arsenal in 2002(Image: PA)

Everyone else will pick Wayne Rooney's goal against Arsenal for Everton that was the start of his rise to becoming one of England's greatest goalscorers, but one I always remember is James Milner's second goal in three days as a 16-year-old sub against Chelsea.

Milner, in a shirt so big it looked like they could fit two of him in it, took the ball at the edge of the area and cut back before firing it into the corner in December 2002.

He had become the league's youngest scorer just two days earlier but showed it would be no flash in the pan with a fine second.

They were six days away from playing Arsenal in the League Cup final, a competition they had won two years previous, still to this day the last side from outside of the top flight to win a major honour.

Boss Trevor Francis rung the changes, including numerous young stars, one of whom was Chris Bart-Williams.

He tragically died in 2023, aged just 49, on the same day as his ex-boss Francis.

Rio Ngumoha has gone in at No.4 on the list of the youngest ever Premier League goalscorers after his St James' Park rescue act, and at No.12 is the player he most reminds me of.

Raheem Sterling was 17 years and 317 days old when he scored his first top-flight goal in Liverpool's 1-0 win over Reading in October 2012, and that set the tone for two years in which the teenager would emerge onto the national and international stage.

Liverpool's 2013-14 title tilt is now remembered for Luis Suarez's genius and Steven Gerrard's slip, but in the second half of the season it was powered by the energy, invention and intelligence of Sterling.

He scored a brace in the 5-1 thrashing of Arsenal, a clever strike as Manchester City were beaten 3-2 and two more goals at Norwich - the game Gerrard had told his team to 'go again' for as the title came within agonising reach.

The latter years of Sterling's career may well be petering out, but if Ngumoha can produce a body of work akin to the four-time Premier League winner he'll have done very well indeed.

Raheem Sterling was a crucial part of Liverpool's title tilt in the 2013-14 season(Image: Getty)

To this day, it still feels like the most miraculous goal I've seen with my own eyes.