Liverpool players already know if they will be facing Arsenal today.
The Mail on Sunday says Liverpool manager Roy Hodgson has instigated the first major break with the Rafa Benitez era by letting his players know the line-up long before today's Premier League opener against Arsenal.
Hodgson has decided the advantage of players being able to focus properly for 24 hours before a game outweighs the risk of anyone not selected becoming an unsettling influence.
Benitez used to wait until two hours before kick-off but Hodgson said: "I don't believe in holding team line-ups back.
"I find it can cause ructions if you wait until just before the game to tell someone he is not playing, when he is expecting to."
