Arsenal defender Ben White has come under fire for what pundits described as playacting.

The right-back was playing against Brighton, his old club, in the Premier League.

White appeared to nudge at an opponent, Pervis Estupinan, and then collapsed to the ground after the Ecuadorian harmlessly retaliated.

Pundit Gary Lineker said on The Rest is Football podcast: "Should we mention the Ben White incident?"

Ex-Newcastle United forward Alan Shearer responded: "Yes we should! What a f*****g joke."

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."