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#ARSWAT: Five things we noticed

By Josh James

Here are five things we learned from the game:

A CHANGE OF FORMATION

Perhaps with half an eye on the FA Cup final next weekend Mikel Arteta made five changes from the side that lost at Villa Park in midweek, but it was the change in formation that was most surprising. After going with three centre backs for the past nine matches, there was a return for a flat back four, with Rob Holding partnering David Luiz in the centre, Kieran Tierney on the left and Ainsley Maitland-Niles replacing the injured Hector Bellerin on the right.