Ben White’s tan in January mocked by rival followers with savage memes of Arsenal ace

Arsenal star Ben White was teased by followers for his January tan throughout their FA Cup defeat to Liverpool.

Despite racking up 18 makes an attempt on objective, the Gunners had been beat 2-0 on dwelling turf by their Premier League rivals, who put their identify within the hat for the fourth spherical draw as an alternative. An personal objective from Jakub Kiwior and a late Luis Diaz strike noticed the Reds progress.

While the match, broadcast dwell on BBC One, was action-packed, some viewers could not assist however be distracted by right-back White’s extraordinarily orange face. It’s beforehand been questioned if he wears pretend tan.

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And it significantly stood out on Sunday (January 7) with Arsenal ditching their purple dwelling package for a white strip to lift consciousness about knife crime in London. Memes flooded in on social media from ruthless followers.

One in contrast him to a heavily-tanned bride in her marriage ceremony gown, whereas one other hilarious instructed lookalike was Madge Harvey from hit ITV present Benidorm.

A 3rd fan shared a inventory picture of a person in a tanning sales space with the caption: “Ben White while [Mikel] Arteta is giving the half-time team talk.”

And a fourth posted a gif from the memorable Friends episode the place Ross will get pretend baked, writing: “Ben White coming back after getting sent to the shops by Curtis [Jones] then.”

White was savagely nutmegged with a slick scoop flip by Reds midfielder Jones within the first half on the Emirates, reacting by hauling his opponent to the bottom in cynical trend.

But he by some means averted a yellow card for the deliberate foul. It was Jones who had the final snigger, nonetheless, as he and his team-mates went on to assert victory.