In some ways, it's difficult to argue against a 3-0 win on any day of the week, but for an Arsenal side struggling for goals, a manager lamenting his forwards' finishing, and a Europa League victory with only six shots on target against a determined but very limited Dundalk side, there's plenty to pick apart.
Arsenal took 34 minutes to test veteran visiting goalkeeper Gary Rogers and owed their opening goal to his horrible fumble from a corner. It took a stunning strike from Nicolas Pepe and a fine finish while Dundalk were still composing themselves after shipping the opener to put the gloss on their performance.
Outside of that four-minute spell either side of half-time, the 39-year-old would have been most worried about catching a chill, because Arsenal gave him precious little work to do as their fringe players offered the same predictable attacking style Arteta's first choices have served up in recent weeks.
Too much of Arsenal's play came down the wings, with crosses Dundalk were happy to head away all night long and inside runs from the right from Pepe they could see coming a mile off.
Following back-to-back Premier League defeats, any win is welcome, but if Arteta was serious when telling BT Sport his side made victory "look easy", it doesn't bear thinking about how he would visualise their win being difficult.
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