Kagawa actually makes runs and wants the ball to space every once in a while. Cazorla always wants the ball to his feet. 🙂
I love Santi to death, and all things considered he is a better player than Kagawa. However, there is a lot of logic behind rather wanting Kagawa on this team over him.
I did raise the question about this on here, a couple of days after signing Özil I think, whether his game would be affected negatively by Özil; I was playing the devil's advocate. So far, I think what we are seeing is just Cazorla finding his feet coming back after injury. Not really worried, because they are too good players the pair of them. I think the team as a whole will benefit of not being as reliant on creativity from Cazorla as we were last season. However, I do notice there are a few on here already rumbling about Cazorla's output.