Arsenal playmaker Santi Cazorla is the assist king [Graphic]

One of the stand-out performers for Arsenal this season has been Spanish midfielder Santi Cazorla.

The diminutive Spaniard has improved every season at Arsenal and Cazorla has been excellent in a central midfield role this campaign.

At Newcastle on Saturday, Cazorla was one of the players to appear behind Olivier Giroud and once again the former Malaga man chipped in with an assist.

Cazorla set up the second Arsenal goal at Newcastle, finished off by Olivier Giroud.

As a result, the graphic above appeared, showcasing how Cazorla has set up more goals in the Premier League, compared to anyone else, since he joined from Malaga.

Cazorla is three ahead of Eden Hazard and Wayne Rooney whilst he comfortably outstrips both Steven Gerrard and Juan Mata.

Hugely impressive considering how highly rated both Hazard and Rooney are as well as the fact that at the start of his Arsenal career, Cazorla did not play every game.