The Gunners came from two goals down and Reiss Nelson scored an injury-time stunner to secure the victory at the Emirates Stadium. The result keeps Arsenal five points clear at the top of the Premier League.
With just 9.11 seconds remaining, Philip Billing scored the second-quickest goal in Premier League history to give the visitors an unexpected early lead.
Three minutes before the hour mark, Marcos Senesi doubled the lead with a header, and Thomas Partey scored to start the Arsenal comeback.
White then leveled the game with his first Arsenal goal, and Nelson provided the moment to remember in the dying minutes.
"That is football, the emotions of the game and the different ways it could have gone," he told Arsenal Media.
"I think it is all down to the boys and how we work each day, it is a result we fully deserve.
"Every week we keep building and winning games and that's what we managed to do today...We just keep going, play the way we play and the goals will come."
The victory for Mikel Arteta keeps their five points gap at he is top of the Premier League table.
Arsenal travel to Sporting Lisbon in their first leg tie in round of 16 Europa League on Thursday.
White added:"It (scoring the equaliser) was unbelievable. It was Reiss that crossed it for me, so I'm very grateful."
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