Arsenal eased into the FA Cup fifth round thanks to Lukas Podolski's two goals against Coventry City.
Mesut Ozil fed Podolski, who rounded keeper Joe Murphy
to fire home, and the striker added a close-range header from Per
Mertesacker's flick-on.
League One side Coventry rallied in the second half, with Leon Clarke hitting the post, but Olivier Giroud ended any doubt with a third from 12 yards out.
Santi Cazorla got a late fourth from a similar range.
Arsenal have not won a trophy since 2005 but remain in the hunt in three tournaments this season - the Premier League, Champions League and FA Cup.
They lead the league table by one point from free-scoring Manchester City, and face holders Bayern Munich in the last 16 of the Champions League.
So it may be that the FA Cup will be
Arsene Wenger's best hope of ending that nine-year barren run and,
perhaps with that in mind, he named a strong line-up.
Podolski, who wasted chances to score a hat-trick, made his second start since August
following a hamstring injury,
while Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain was starting for the first time since
the opening day.
Coventry have had a trying season, playing their home games over 30 miles away in Northampton and starting the League One campaign on -10 points.
However, coach Steven Pressley has done an impressive job, leading them up to 11th in the table, and before the match he talked up their chances of winning and said they needed to be "aggressive in possession".
But for the first half of the game, they barely saw the ball. BBC Sports
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