Santi Cazorla

August

Santi made an exciting start to his Arsenal career, picking up the man of the match award on his debut for the Club against Sunderland. The Spain international scored for his national side in a friendly win over Puerto Rico and followed that with another accomplished display at Stoke. "Every day I’m becoming more used to [my team-mates] and I'm enjoying myself more," he said. "The Club have done a lot to help me settle in the team and to make it easy for me to get used to life in the city. Every day is a little bit better and I feel a little more comfortable."

September

Santi continued his impressive start to life at Arsenal with a series of sparkling performances in September. The Spanish playmaker grabbed his first goal for the Club in a 2-0 win against Liverpool at Anfield.

October

Santi made five appearances over October, scoring once with a blockbuster against West ham that won the Club’s Goal of the Month award. The Spaniard drew praise from Arsene Wenger after that game, stating: “He is right footed but when you watch him play you don’t know. It shows how important that is in the modern midfield.”

November

Santi was an ever-present throughout November, starting in every one of Arsenal’s fixtures. The playmaker scored a consolation at Old Trafford and, like Lukas Podolski and Olivier Giroud, scored in his first north London derby appearance, where he was also named man of the match. “I feel valued here,” he told Arsenal Player. “The manager gives me confidence, and within the team I have a responsibility that I love having. Little by little, I hope to keep improving and I hope to help the team as much as possible.”

December

Santi played in every game except the Champions League defeat to Olympiacos in December. The Spanish playmaker scored his first hat-trick for the Club against Reading, a performance that saw him named man of the match. "It’s a pleasure for anyone to play with a player like Santi," Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain told Arsenal Player. "You can give him the ball in tight situations and you can trust him to get out of them and create things. We’ve been working on getting him and Jack [Wilshere] in behind the lines, between the defence and the midfield and picking up little pockets of space. When you get the ball to them two in those positions, especially Santi, he can create things - shots on target, goals and assists.”

January

Santi maintained his record of playing in all of the Club’s Premier League games this season and scored against West Ham United with an audacious backheel. The playmaker was also deployed in both FA Cup games against Swansea City.

February

Santi enjoyed a fruitful February, scoring the winner in a man of the match display against Sunderland before also securing victory against Aston Villa with a brace. The Spaniard appeared in all of Arsenal’s fixtures and is still the only member of Arsene Wenger’s squad to have featured in every Premier League fixture this season. “You see he takes his chances with his technique and his feeling,” Per Mertesacker told Arsenal Player. “He is the perfect footballer."

March

Santi is still the only Arsenal player to have featured in every Premier League game this season after playing every minute of Arsenal’s March fixtures. An impressive performance against Swansea saw him named man of the match, before he finished the month in style by netting in the 4-1 win against Reading at Emirates Stadium. “For any footballer, it’s the most important thing to make the people who support you happy and give back to them on the pitch,” Santi said on his positive relationship with the Club’s fans.

April

Santi continued his record of being the only Arsenal player to feature in every Premier League game in the 2012/13 season after starting every game during April. "What I’ve taken from this year is that as a team we weren’t very consistent for half of the season, which cost us in terms of reaching the higher positions in the league," he told Arsenal Player. "Now we’re a lot more consistent and that’s the form we were lacking before - being consistent and getting the three points whenever we could. We’re a long way off the top because of this lack of form, even though it was only for half the season.”