Having said all that, is scoring from set-pieces inherently ugly? Wayne Rooney doesn’t think so.

Speaking on The Wayne Rooney Show, external this week, the five-time champion said: “I’ve heard a lot of people talking about Arsenal and how they’re playing. I think Arsenal have been brilliant.

“I actually enjoy watching them play. Set-pieces are part of football – why would you not use it?”

Even if people disagree, there are other ways of ‘winning ugly’ that Premier League champions have used in the past.

As miraculous as their title win was, Leicester’s football in 2015-16 was not always pretty.

Ten of their 68 goals came from the penalty spot, they had the fewest shots and touches in the opposition box on record and 14 of their 23 wins were by a single goal (61%).

And while ‘1-0 to the Arsenal’ is a well-known chant, only five of their 20 wins this season have been by that scoreline – far fewer than the 11 Chelsea eked out in 2004-05 or the 10 that Manchester United achieved in 2008-09.