During a match where two of West Ham's key summer signings faltered, Arnautovic receiving a first-half red card and Zabaleta giving away a late penalty, Javier Hernandez shone, scoring two for his side who were down to 10 men.
The Mexican striker put in a brilliant performance and Saints defenders Maya Yoshida and Jack Stephens couldn't handle him. He was always on the move, making darting runs in several directions his effervescent performance was rewarded with two goals.
The 29-year-old is the arch poacher, with every single one of the former Man United man's 38 Premier League goals coming from inside the box.
He provided one positive to look forward to after another poor result for Slaven Bilic's men, were it not for a late penalty given away by Pablo Zabaleta, Hernandez may well have single handedly rescued his new side a point.