One goal and one assist. Not bad for a night's work for Nicolas Pepe. But whilst Arsenal's record signing got himself on the score-sheet and contributed to another, Thursday night's display against Molde in the Europa League was the perfect snapshot of his Gunners career thus far.

His debut season in English football was one filled with promise, with fans no doubt prepared to accept a difficult start to life in a new country and environment.

And when you think that he scored eight times and provided another ten assists last season, that's not a bad return at all for someone trying to acclimatise to life in north London.

His start to this new campaign however, has been rather more frustrating. Mikel Arteta has played him in just 202 minutes of Premier League football, with his only start coming against Manchester City, whilst he didn't even come off the bench against Manchester United last Sunday.

And on Thursday, the £36m-rated ace proved exactly why even though he may catch the headlines with his goal and assist, Arteta surely won't be trusting him in the important Premier League games anytime soon.

As per Sofascore, he completed just 50% of his attempted dribbles, provided just one accurate cross and lost possession 15 times. What was most infuriating about his display however, was the sheer amount of times a lack of concentration and sheer carelessness saw him either lose the ball, or just mess up an easy pass or cross.

It was something Arteta himself picked up on after the game, saying: "Consistency. Throughout the game, throughout 90 minutes, every ball, in every action and every time he's on the ball in the final third he (needs to) make a difference. And do it more and more and more.

"The final product has to be better, not just from him but if you want to become a top top team and score many more goals then it's something we have to put higher demands on at the moment. Today he scored a really good goal and got an assist and he can do more. I think he's on the right path."

Unless he becomes more consistent even within a game, let alone over a period of a few matches, Arteta will simply rely on other players to do his work, as he did against Manchester United. It's exactly why the Arsenal boss won't be too carried away with the fact Pepe contributed to two goals on Thursday.