Oleksandr Zinchenko and Ben White had to be separated after the two were involved in a heated argument after their win on Tuesday night.
The Gunners moved up to second place in the Premier League table after beating Nottingham Forest 2-1 at the City Ground in a dominant but frustrating performance.
Despite all their possession, it took the Gunners until the 65th minute before Gabriel Jesus broke the deadlock with the Brazilian setting up Bukayo Saka a few minutes later for Arsenal’s second.
But what looked like a routine win became nervy all of a sudden with Forest grabbing an 88th-minute goal.
Arsenal were able to hold out but White was clearly not happy with Zinchenko’s defending for the the home side’s consolation goal as they confronted each other while they made their way off the pitch.
Mikel Arteta was forced to separate the two full-backs later stating that he loved the passion from his team.
Mikel Arteta on the incident between Benjamin White and Oleksandr Zinchenko at the final whistle between #Arsenal and Nottingham Forest:
🗣️ “That’s pushing each other and being not happy conceding and I have to encourage that and promote it in the right way and a respectful… pic.twitter.com/0rGIS7zn7o
— Connor Humm (@TikiTakaConnor) January 30, 2024
“I LOVE IT!” 😡
This Mikel Arteta response to the heated exchange between Zinchenko and Ben White at full time 😂
🔗 https://t.co/vGiqniKRgY pic.twitter.com/nNJBxt9QYj
— Hayters TV (@HaytersTV) January 30, 2024