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Two things stood out for me last night with Roberto Di Matteo's team selection. First of all it was our formation. With Mikel brought back into the side RDM adopted the 4-2-3-1 formation with Raul Meireles playing next to him and both had good games.

Second of all, the fact that Juan Mata was brought into the middle behind Torres and more or less given licence to roam in a similar role to David Silva.