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."
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