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Is Arsenal defender Ben White set to face ban after 3-0 win against Brighton?

But something controversial incident happened Gunners's right back Ben White collapsed to the ground, holding his throat. The Seagulls academy player faced hate after the incident from the fans.

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Arsenal are on an 11-match winning streak they have been in red-hot form as they are currently at the top of the English Premier League table with 71 points having played one more game than the others. They will be up against Bayern Munich on Tuesday and would like to change their fortunes against the Bavarians. But on Saturday, they travelled to American Express Stadium and faced Brighton & Hove Albion FC. They defeated the home side 3-0 keeping another clean sheet and having a good defensive display again. 

But something controversial incident happened Gunners's right back Ben White collapsed to the ground, holding his throat. The Seagulls academy player faced hate after the incident from the fans. The home fans thought that White was play-acting and one of the Brighton players Julio Enciso was trying to get the player up on his feet and start the game, but instead, he was elbowed by the former Brighton defender while he got up. 

There was no VAR check as well and the defender got away with the incident. The fans on social media did not like the behaviour of the 26-year-old right back and they feel that he should be banned for elbowing the rival footballer. Some fans also quoted the side as a cheater. 

Arsenal to break Bayern jinx?

There will be an eye on the right-back on whether he will get suspended for some matches or not. The Gunners have been in the title contention race and they played like that on Saturday. Bukayo Saka who was back after missing the last game the score sheet, along with Kai Havertz and Leandro Trossard were the scorers for the visitors. This attacking trio has been lethal this season. 

The last time the Gunners faced Bayern they were humiliated by the Bavarians as they won 10-2 in aggregate. They qualified for the quarter-finals after 2010. Arsenal is yet to win the most prestigious European trophy. They came close to the trophy in 2006 when they were defeated by FC Barcelona.  

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