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Aheed Abrar

Mon 16 March 2026 12:40, UK

Gary Lineker was at Emirates Stadium as Everton lost 2-0 to Arsenal in the Premier League on Saturday.

The former England international soaked in the atmosphere as Viktor Gyokeres and Max Dowman scored late on for the Gunners to secure three points against the Toffees on 14 March.

When the 16-year-old scored the North London outfit’s second in the 97th minute, Lineker was left amazed by the roar from the home supporters, who will now finally be confident about winning the league after a nine-point gap with Manchester City.

David Moyes was left heartbroken at the Emirates after a resolute display from the Merseyside outfit for the majority of the fixture, leaving them further behind in the race for European qualification.

What Gary Lineker witnessed inside Emirates Stadium after Max Dowman scored vs Everton

Dowman broke away on a counter after a Toffees corner as Jordan Pickford also joined his attacking contingent.

The teenager went past Vitalii Mykolenko and then evaded a tackle to go through on goal and put the ball inside an empty net.

As soon as the English youngster went on the break, Emirates broke out in anticipation of what was to come.

Lineker was right in the thick of things as he heard Arsenal fans singing about winning the league.

Speaking on The Rest Is Football on 16 March, the ex-Blues striker said, “Oh, it was incredible. But the second one, as I said, the roar started as he broke away from Mykolenko because he wasn’t going to miss from there and he just carried on. And that was right near the end.

“So the spirits when you’re walking down the steps with thousands and thousands of fans and they’re singing, ‘We’re going to win the league’, and all this kind of thing. Yeah, it was great to be there.”

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Moyes can be proud of Everton for a resolute display against the league leaders despite missing two key players in James Tarkowski and Jarrad Branthwaite just before the game.

The Scottish manager has already been without Jack Grealish for a while after the Manchester City loanee picked up a foot injury.

In the first half, the Merseyside outfit went toe-to-toe against Arsenal, but Arteta’s team came out the better side after the break.

The Toffees face Chelsea next in the Premier League at home on 21 March and Moyes surely doesn’t need to change much except maybe his attacking setup to be confident about beating Liam Rosenior’s team.