Gary Neville slates Arsenal defender Ben White v Leeds

Sky Sports pundit Gary Neville has given his verdict on the penalty Arsenal conceded against Leeds United today.

The Gunners were very much in cruise control at Elland Road, having raced into a three-goal lead.

Gabriel Martinelli scored a brace against Leeds by the half-hour mark.

Bukayo Saka then added a third on 42 minutes, scoring via a Mateusz Klich deflection.

However, Arsenal gave their heavily-depleted opponents a way back into the game on 74 minutes.

Ben White lunged in and brought down Joe Gelhardt in the box.

And Aaron Ramsdale celebrated with his teammate, applauding the challenge.

However, the referee pointed to the spot, and Raphinha duly converted from 12 yards.

Neville didn’t seem impressed with Ramsdale’s reaction and slated White’s challenge.

“Ramsdale was celebrating with Ben White like he had made a brilliant challenge, but the referee pointed to the spot,” he said (18/12, 19:03).

“It’s definitely a penalty. It’s a really poor challenge from White.”

It didn’t matter in the end as Emile Smith Rowe added a fourth for a routine 4-1 Arsenal win.

Nonetheless, it wasn’t a good challenge from White and Mikel Arteta probably won’t be happy with it.

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