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Ian Wright praises 'fantastic' Rob Holding for reporting alleged racist abuse of Arsenal team-mates Nuno Tavares and Nicolas Pepe to referee Andre Marriner... and he calls for Leeds to ban the fan if found guilty

Ian Wright has praised Rob Holding for reporting an alleged racial slur aimed at Arsenal teammates Nicolas Pepe and Nuno Tavares during the Gunners' 4-1 win over Leeds on Saturday evening.

Referee Andre Marriner briefly stopped the game 34 minutes into the first half after Holding, one of the Arsenal substitutes, appeared to alert fourth official John Brooks about the apparent racist language from a fan in the West Stand.

Marriner and Brooks spoke to each other, before the former headed over to the Leeds dugout to explain the incident.