sport news ISAAN KHAN: Bournemouth had done their homework on Ben White's dark arts - but ... trends now
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It is those pesky dark arts Ben White deploys which have turned the attention away from his playing ability of late.
As seen against Tottenham last weekend, White in the opposition penalty area on corner-kicks is a menace. That day he had a part to play in two of Arsenal's goals, appearing to try undo goalkeeper Guglielmo Vicario's gloves before the ball reached the box for the first goal.
And then for the third goal, scored by Kai Havertz, he backed into Vicario on the goal-line to leave him planted there.
Because of this, Bournemouth had clearly done their homework. As seen from Arsenal's first two corners of this game, by 10 minutes, a Cherries player was marshalling White from getting to the goal-line.
This took away White's opportunity for goal-line skullduggery, which Mail Sport columnist Graeme Souness previously described
