DUSAN Tadic tonight continued his superb international form.

The Saints playmaker scored Serbia’s first goal from the penalty spot and assisted the other two in a 3-1 World Cup qualifying win in Georgia.

It was Tadic’s fourth World Cup goal in five games in 2016/17, after previous strikes against the Republic of Ireland, Moldova and Austria.

That compares with a record of just three goals for Saints in 34 league and cup appearances this season.

After falling behind in Tbilisi early on tonight, Tadic levelled from the penalty spot just before half-time.

He then set up Newcastle’s Aleksandar Mitrović to put the visitors ahead, and also provided the assist for Mijat Gaćinović to add a late third.

Serbia extended their lead at the top of their qualifying group as the Republic and Wales fought out a 0-0 draw.

Saints striker Shane Long played the entire 90 minutes for the hosts in the Dublin stalemate.

JACK Stephens tonight suffered the same fate as club colleagues Nathan Redmond and James Ward-Prowse.

The latter pair had made their senior England debuts in a 1-0 friendly loss in Germany on Wednesday.

Tonight it was Stephens’ turn to suffer the same scoreline for England under-21s against Germany in Wiesbaden as they continued their preparations for this summer’s Euro finals.

A first-half strike from Hoffenheim midfielder Nadiem Amiri was enough to separate the sides, as both nations looked to experiment ahead of June’s competition in Poland.

Stephens had the best chance to level in the second hald, but his low shot was gathered by sub keeper Marvin Schwabe.

Saints colleague Sam McQueen, called up to the U21s for the first time, was among the unused subs.