'Panic mode' - Pundits agree on Arsenal 'disruption' after Graeme Souness rant

Arsenal defender Ben White found himself in the spotlight after the Gunners' dramatic3-2 victory over Tottenham last Sunday.

Replays showed White attempting to undo the gloves of goalkeeper Guglielmo Vicario during the build-up to Arsenal's first and third goal. The 26-year-old continually got in Vicario's way at corners and has done the same with other keepers this season.

And Gunners legend Martin Keown has dismissed any controversy surrounding White's actions. Fellow pundit Joe Cole agreed that the «skullduggery» was just a normal part of any north London derby.

«People have been doing this for many years, haven't they? It's disruption,» Keown said. «Vicario, the goalkeeper for Spurs, you saw how he was upset by his [White's] presence — just being there, ruffling his feathers. He does it really well.

»He occupies that space, just blocks it off, makes the keeper feel a little bit nervous; it's quite remarkable how the keepers just seem to… they collapse, don't they, under pressure."

Cole said: «It's always been part of the game. I did that role at times. One thing I used to do which I don't think you'd get away with now is if you just grab the goalkeeper's arm — you'd be surprised at how just moving their arm disrupts their run. But Ben White — it's the timing of it, we're talking about the details of it. I don't think… it's a little bit of skulduggery, what we'd say in north London, that's what it is.»

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Keown went on to add: «It's like pulling the curtains, isn't it? Pull them across the window and he can't see anything. And the keeper goes into