Ben White kicks off pre-season with his trademark antics and Arsenal fans are loving it
Ben White showed off his old skills as Arsenal began their pre-season tour of the United States.
The gunmen They faced Bournemouth at Dignity Health Sports Park, which is the home of the LA Galaxy.
One moment involving White caught the attention of fans and showed that even in preseason, players take it seriously.
The Arsenal defender was lining up for a corner alongside the Bournemouth goalkeeper and became involved in a tussle with Milos Kerkez.
The pair ran circles around the goalkeeper as they fought for position.
White is known for his use of the dark arts on street corners and made headlines for Untying the glove of Guglielmo Vicario during a match against Tottenham last season.
Arsenal were the most successful team in the Premier League from set pieces last season and White was… Apparently he has been given the role of 'head of the shit house' to block opposing goalkeepers.
It has become an inside joke among Arsenal fans and they loved White's antics during the pre-season game.
One said: “I absolutely adore him, he is an elite athlete and basketball player!”
Another added: “I see I’m getting ready for the new season.”
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A third wrote: “As always.”
The match ended 1-1, with goals from Fabio Vieira and Antoine Semenyo, and Arsenal won the penalty shoot-out 5-4.
It was a very young team that Mikel Arteta lined up with Ayden Heaven, Ethan Nwaneri, Salah-Eddine Oulad M'Hand and Myles Lewis-Skelly, all of whom were starters in Los Angeles.
“I'm very happy because today we had some really special circumstances,” Arteta said after the match.
“We came in two days ago, we had a lot of young guys playing with us who had never played before and I think we had a really strong performance against a team that is a little bit ahead of us in their schedule.
“They had a full first team available so I am very proud of them, both the young and the old, because they have fulfilled their roles in a really impressive way.
“Today was a different game than last Saturday and it was another big step.
“We felt very connected and as a coach it was a joy to see the faces of those kids making their debut, participating and the enthusiasm that was shown, and also to see our older players stepping into their shoes and giving them the support and being the role models that we want them to be.”
