What Ben White is doing at corners is cheating, writes SOUNESS

I've heard a lot of talk about the 'genius' of Arsenal's so-called set-piece 'guru' and the incredible work he's played in the team's push for the title.

Well, forgive me for bursting the bubble here, but amid all the excitement about the goals Tottenham conceded from corners last week, something very significant was somehow missed. Two of those goals should not have counted.

We are witnessing a stealthy, very deliberate, strategy from Arsenal - and Ben White in particular - to obstruct goalkeepers in a way which will avoid detection by the referees.

There's none of that ridiculous jostling in the penalty box, prior to the ball being kicked, which draws attention to the offender. Instead, White goes about his business quietly - not engaging with goalkeeper until the ball is kicked, at which point the referee's focus is somewhere else. He moves from a position two yards behind the goalkeeper and makes physical contact by backing into him.

It happened twice in that Tottenham game. White seemed to be trying to undo goalkeeper Gugliemo Vicario's gloves before the ball reached the box for the first goal. He nudged him again on the way and backed into him on the goal-line when the third goal went in.

White does this all the time. The referee sees him standing those two yards behind the goalkeeper - but there's nothing to see there for Mr Plod. And Mr Plod's attention is elsewhere when the ball is kicked and White moves in front of the goalkeeper to make that contact. Blocking him. Obstructing him.

Where does blocking becoming obstruction? Might I suggest the referees consult their own little FA rule books for a definition of that term? Law 12 states, in black and white, that obstruction is 'moving into the opponent's path to