Ray Parlour doesn’t want to see Max Dowman in Arsenal’s starting lineup against Sporting CP despite the teenager’s impressive showing in the FA Cup at the weekend.

Dowman’s performance was perhaps the only positive for the Gunners on Saturday evening as Mike Arteta’s side were knocked out of the FA Cup by Southampton.

The teenager pressed his case for more starts with a lively display in his first appearance since scoring his first Premier League goal against Everton last month.

Arteta has been careful to manage the 16-year-old’s minutes, especially with Bukayo Saka and Noni Madueke ahead of him in the pecking order on the right wing.

And even with Saka set to miss Tuesday’s Champions League quarter-final first leg with Sporting, ex-Arsenal midfielder Parlour believes Dowman isn’t quite ready to be starting regularly just yet.

Asked if Dowman should be starting over Saka, Parlour told talkSPORT: ‘No, because you don’t want to give him too much responsibility at 16 years old.

‘We’ve all been there. It’s amazing. I think the only thing we could be celebrating is his GCSE results.

‘He’s got them coming up, which is amazing, really, isn’t it? And you don’t want to be...