Mikel Arteta has been told to take a leaf out of Arne Slot’s book by trusting his teenage wonderkid to fix Arsenal’s nervousness problem.That is the opinion of Perry Groves, who believes Rio Ngumoha’s fearlessness and positivity could serve as a Max Dowman template.Ngumoha scored his first Premier League goal at Anfield to help Liverpool beat FulhamAFPThe former Gunners star and talkSPORT pundit was enamoured with Ngumoha’s performance in the 2-0 victory over Fulham on Saturday.The 17-year-old was handed just his second Premier League start against the Cottagers and rewarded Slot’s show of faith in some style.Liverpool came racing out of the blocks with their joint-most shots in the opening 20 minutes of a top-flight game this season, with five.Ngumoha became Liverpool’s youngest Premier League goalscorer at Anfield, to overtake his old Chelsea mentor Raheem Sterling.The teenager then played a part in Mohamed Salah’s goal minutes later and received a standing ovation upon his second-half exit.“We all know that the modern-day game is dominated by stats, metrics, algorithms, etc, but sometimes managers need to go with a gut feeling,” Groves told GameDay Live on Sunday with Sam Matterface.“Arne Slot did that yesterday by playing 17-year-old Rio Ngumoha versus Fulham.“Slot knew that after being hammered by Man City in the FA Cup, getting the formation wrong against PSG, and being demonstrated by the fans against ticket prices, there’d be nervousness and negativity before the game at Anfield yesterday.“He went with a gut feeling with Ngumoha. 17-year-olds don’t fear anything and overthink things.“Ngumoha’s fearlessness and positivity lifted not only the fans, but also the players around him. Let’s hope a certain manager of another team where there’s nervousness is taking note.”Dowman came off the bench against Bournemouth but was unable to stop Arsenal falling to defeatGettyIn case there was any doubt who Groves was referring to, the talkSPORT pundit later made his case for Dowman at Arsenal.The 16-year-old became the youngest ever Premier League goalscorer in a 2-0 victory over Everton last month.Yet he was named on the bench for the 2-1 defeat to Bournemouth, with Arsenal losing three of their last four games in all competitions.Groves added: “I want to see them be more positive. I want to see them being more on the front foot, closing down, going with that energy and stopping the opposition playing.“And I mentioned, if I were Mikel Arteta, you need some positivity and energy.“I’d be starting Max Dowman on Wednesday night against Sporting Lisbon because that’ll give everybody a lift in the Emirates, the players.Dowman is the Premier League’s youngest ever scorer – breaking a 21-year recordGettyPerhaps Downman can be the one to restore some calm for Arteta’s menGetty“I mentioned with Rio Ngumoha, when you’re that young, you don’t have any fear. You don’t overthink stuff, and you need a lift. “You need players around you to take that responsibility. If he has four or five dribbles and gets tackled. It ain’t going to bother him because he will go again, and he won’t overthink stuff. “So every game now is absolutely massive, and the noise is getting bigger.”Dowman and Ngumoha have found themselves linked since appearing one and two in talkSPORT.com’s pre-season predictions for Premier League academy starlets set for a breakout campaign.Ngumoha transformed Liverpool’s attack after an uninspiring run of resultsGettyNgumoha is ‘slightly ahead of Dowman’The pair were both involved in England Under-19s 6-0 win over Portugal in March, in which Dowman underlined calls for him to earn a wildcard spot in the England squad for the World Cup.But Shaun Custis questioned why Ngumoha wasn’t receiving similar buzz while discussing his heroics at Anfield against Fulham.“Rio Ngumoha may have made bigger headlines if other things weren’t going on, but he’s a star that lad,” Custis told Sunday Edition.“And while we’ve been concentrating on Max Dowman quite a lot, Ngumoha, you might argue, is slightly ahead of Dowman in what he’s doing. “He’s a bit older, obviously, but you know, we were talking about Dowman as a possible outsider for the World Cup. Where’s Ngumoha?”Dowman is one of the finest products to come from Arsenal’s fabled Hale End academyGettyNgumoha was with Chelsea until 2024 before joining Liverpool’s academyGettyTeenagers that age, they’re just fearlesstalkSPORT’s Henry Winter replied: “Well, I mean, it’s an interesting debate, particularly if you talk to Liverpool fans or watch Liverpool on a regular basis, you’ll actually see one of their issues out on the left.“Obviously, they’re missing Luis Diaz, who’s moved on, but with Cody Gakpo, who’s often a little bit too cautious. Whereas Rio Ngumoha comes in there…“You understand how managers with Slot’s experience, with Arteta’s experience, are slightly cautious about blooding in younger players.“But Arsenal need Dowman. Liverpool showed yesterday how much they need Rio Ngumoha. And that goal that he took, particularly, he could have shot earlier, which would probably have been deflected or blocked. But actually, he took that extra touch. I thought that was fabulous.“We’ve been talking about mindsets and bottle. But kids that age, teenagers that age, they’re just fearless.”