Southampton 1-1 Arsenal: Three key players

By Marc Walker | Dec 11, 2017

SOUTHAMPTON, ENGLAND - DECEMBER 10: Pierre-Emile Hojbjerg of Southampton and Mesut Ozil of Arsenal battle for the ball during the Premier League match between Southampton and Arsenal at St Mary's Stadium on December 9, 2017 in Southampton, England. (Photo by Richard Heathcote/Getty Images) /

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SOUTHAMPTON, ENGLAND – DECEMBER 10: Dusan Tadic of Southampton tackles Per Mertesacker of Arsenal during the Premier League match between Southampton and Arsenal at St Mary’s Stadium on December 9, 2017 in Southampton, England. (Photo by Richard Heathcote/Getty Images) /

Dusan Tadic

Tadic’s recent form has been an improvement on his early season performances, and this has coincided with him in a central role in Saints’ team.

In this match, he produced a lovely reverse pass to set up Charlie Austin’s goal in the first-half before pulling off a similar action in the second period for Ryan Bertrand. Unfortunately the England left-back couldn’t find the net with one of his team’s better opportunities to make it 2-0.

Tadic is just one of Saints’ creative players to see upturns in form, with the Serbian, Nathan Redmond and Sofiane Boufal all weighing in with assists in recent matches.