The Reds want to avoid the blight that has plagued Premier League teams in recent years.
We're almost halfway through the 2024-25 Premier League season, with matches scheduled for Boxing Day (December 26) and New Year's Eve.
At this stage of the season, Liverpool are the team to beat as Arne Slot's men hold a four-point lead over second-placed Chelsea, but also have a game in hand after the Merseyside derby against Everton was recently postponed .
With 39 points and at the top of the Premier League, Liverpool enter the festive period as 'winter champions', a title that has not boded well for the leading teams in the past, with the recent 'winter champions' moving up as the season progressed. claims. This is a curse that Liverpool under Arne Slot are keen to break.
The Christmas Curse
In four of the last six Premier League seasons, the team leading the way going into the Christmas fixtures has failed to finish as champions, which benefits Manchester City, who have been champions of English football for the past four seasons has been crowned.
The first of these situations occurred in the 2018/19 season, when Jürgen Klopp's Liverpool went into the Christmas holidays as the winter leaders, but in the end City won by one point (98 to 97 for Liverpool).
History repeated itself in 2020/21 as Klopp's Reds looked to win another title after becoming champions in 2019/20. Ultimately, however, City took glory again after Anfield made a mistake in the second phase of the season.
Recently, the 'curse' has hit Arsenal in both the 2022/2023 and 2023/24 seasons. The Gunners were table toppers over the Christmas period, but at the end of the season they lost to eventual champions City on both occasions. In the first season, the Manchester side secured the title by five points, while in the most recent campaign it was two points, with Guardiola's men lifting the title on the final day of the season.
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