Who is better kagawa or cazorla

Long balls are very much part of English football and these three players have had their fair share of long ball attempts to start the season. Santi Cazorla more so than the other two. Each of the three players have completed a very high percentage of their long ball, or loss pass attempts and Shinji Kagawa has completed all 7 of his attempts to start the season.

In terms of through balls, Cazorla has been the more creative, completed 6 of 12 defence-splitting passes. However, as pointed out earlier, Olivier Giroud has notably been wasteful with these! You can decide for yourself who the better player is between these three. Hazard is the best despite his little size his hard to knock of the ball unlike kagawa whos scared to take players on and i think his a boring player hazard brings that spark to the team a true talent is eden hazard.

Both can play defence-splitting passes and are excellent on the ball. On top of all this, he also scored the most goals of the three with 12 across the season. While not being able to achieve the same appearance statistic as his Arsenal counterpart, Hazard still made 34 appearances and came on as a substitute just three of those times.

He created 50 chances from open play and made a further four from set pieces. Now as good a figure this is, it only serves to demonstrate just how good Cazorla was, who created over thirty chances more at Arsenal. Kagawa had a disappointing season by his standards. Coming from Borussia Dortmund where he was very much an important player, the Japanese midfielder struggled to make anywhere near the same impact at Old Trafford.

Appearing in just 20 league games all season, Kagawa is obviously nowhere near replicating the kind of figures that Cazorla and Hazard set in the creative department. English football terminology has never quite come up with a definitive word for the player who occupies space between the opposition lines of defence and midfield — not quite a forward, not quite a midfielder.

He's "the man in the hole," perhaps, but it's not an appropriately glamorous term for the side's star creator. Sometimes he's even referred to as playing "the Teddy Sheringham role" -- so unaccustomed we were to players who looked for space rather than basing their game around an individual battle with an opponent. England isn't a specialist at producing top-quality players in this mould. Wayne Rooney might be the closest we've had in recent years, but even his best position is up for question.

He was often fielded on the flank during Manchester United's successful European Cup run in , then his best individual season was probably in as an out-and-out striker. Joe Cole became a winger, while attacking midfielders like Steven Gerrard, Frank Lampard and even Jack Wilshere were just that — attacking midfielders, number eights rather than number tens. In formation terms, too, English football hasn't suited this kind of player.

England was largely a nation until recently, and this gave way to , inspired by Jose Mourinho's success with Chelsea. Neither formation suited a number ten. There's never been a craze in English football, unlike in Italy or South America, never a romantic fixation with the archetypal playmaker. All of which makes this summer's new arrivals particularly intriguing.

Four top clubs — Arsenal, Manchester United, Chelsea and Tottenham — all splashed out on new number tens — even if none actually wear that shirt number. Santi Cazorla, Shinji Kagawa, Oscar and Gylfi Sigurdsson all represent a significant change in footballing philosophy.

Arsenal didn't have a central creator like Cazorla last season, Manchester United have arguably never had a player in the Kagawa mould. Some have adapted quicker than others. It's worth considering quite why there's been a sudden influx of these central creators.

Certainly, there appears to be a shift towards a formation this season — which wasn't exactly unknown in the Premier League in recent seasons, but was less prevalent than in Spain or Germany.

While it's dangerous to talk about systems as a whole, the is a good bet for modern football. It offers width yet provides three central midfielders; it means a side isn't vulnerable to space between the lines yet can feature solid partnerships across the side, which is one of the few strengths of the