What is most impressive about the 23-year-old Frenchman is his ability to operate in both attacking and defensive areas. He has made more tackles and interceptions than any other Premier League player, acting alongside Jack Cork as the holding couple in an otherwise attacking midfield. However, 60% of Schneiderlin's passes have been in attacking areas and he is Southampton's second highest scorer.Whilst Ricky Lambert takes many of the headlines (and the import of his 13 league goals cannot be under-estimated), if Southampton succeed in avoiding the drop, many at St Mary's will be reserving the highest praise for midfielder Morgan Schneiderlin.A multi-dimensional midfielder is a valuable entity in a relegation battle. More repetitions of his performances against Liverpool and Manchester City and the Saints may be saved. Mauricio Pochettino should be rather grateful.
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