Gary Lineker and Alan Shearer hit out at Ben White (Pictures: Getty/BBC)
Gary Lineker and Alan Shearer have hit out at Ben White over his ’embarrassing’ antics during Arsenal’s Premier League victory over Brighton.
Arsenal maintained their pursuit for a first league title since 2004 with an impressive and comfortable 3-0 win over Brighton on Saturday.
Bukayo Saka gave the Gunners the lead with a first-half penalty before Kai Havertz and Leandro Trossard netted in the second half to down the Seagulls.
White, who recently caused controversy by opting out of international duty for England, produced another fine display on the south coast but drew criticism after clashing with former teammate Pervis Estupinan.
The 26-year-old barged into Estupinan and when the Brighton star responded with a slight nudge, White fell to the ground clutching his throat.
‘Should we mention the Ben White incident?’ Match of the Day host Lineker asked on The Rest is Football podcast.
Ex-England striker and Premier League legend Shearer responded: ‘Yes we should! What a f*****g joke.’
The Arsenal defender attracted criticism over the weekend (Picture: Getty)
Lineker continued: ‘What I don’t understand, I don’t like and never have liked play-acting. I don’t get it or understand why players do it, but especially now when you’ve got so many cameras at the ground and you’ve got VAR anyway that will look back at incidents.
‘Do you not think to yourself, that’s a bit embarrassing doing that? And Ben White is not the only one by the way, lots of players do it, but I just don’t know why you’d bring that on yourself. You just look at prat.’
Shearer added: ‘Absolutely, it was embarrassing, very embarrassing.’
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Lineker finished the segment by praising White, who has been integral to Arsenal’s Premier League title challenge, saying: ‘He’s a good player though and having a very good season.’
Arsenal enjoyed a productive weekend after beating Brighton and watching Liverpool drop points in the title race, though Manchester City won again.
The Gunners, bidding to win their first league title in 20 years, sit top of the Premier League, one point ahead of Man City and above Liverpool on goal difference.
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