Liverpool have been top at Christmas FOUR times before and never won the Premier League title … can Jurgen Klopp’s side buck the trend or will they go the way of Newcastle in (****************************************************************************?
- Liverpool are top of the Premier League on Christmas Day for the fifth time
- They lost out to Manchester City in 2013 – 18 and – and to Manchester United in – 98 and –
- Newcastle famously lost out to United in – 97 having led at Christmas
- But Jurgen Klopp’s side are strong favorite win the title this season
ByJoe Ridge for MailOnline************************
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Worryingly for Reds fans though, the last two times Liverpool h ave been top at Christmas – in and – they were pipped to the title byManchester City, one of their main rivals again this time.
And though the gap is far wider this year than any previous time Liverpool have been top at Christmas, the omens do not look good with City’s incredible run last season and Steven Gerrard’s slip in 2014 still fresh in the memory.
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The Liverpool failures are the only times this decade the team top at Christmas has not. gone on to win the Premier League, with Chelsea (three times), Manchester United (twice), Manchester City (twice) and Leicester all converting festive leads into silverware.
Until this decade the trend had been in reverse, with teams top at Christmas more often than not failing to win the title.
Much of that was down to Sir Alex Ferguson’s United teams getting in the habit of coming from behind in the second half of the season to win the title .*************************PREMIER LEAGUE LEADERS AT CHRISTMAS AND EVENTUAL CHAMPIONS
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Norwich, Newcastle, Liverpool, Aston Villa and Leeds all found themselves top at Christmas in the s only to be pipped by Fergie’s United. The most famous of those came in – when Kevin Keegan’s Newcastle blew a – point lead and United won a third Premier League title.
In fact, just two of Ferguson’s first 11 titles at United came after they were top at Christmas, with Arsenal and Liverpool also being caught in and 2009. Arsenal did to United in and what they had got used to doing to others, coming from behind at the halfway stage to win the title. And the Gunners’ other Premier League triumph also saw them come from the pack in 2006, with Newcastle again the victims.Newcastle United manager Kevin Keegan delivers a famous rant as they let the title slip away Both of Jose Mourinho’s title wins with Chelsea in the s s came after leading the way at Christmas, as did his third title in 2017 and their triumphs under Ancelotti in 2010 and Conte in 2019 In total, (times in) seasons the team top at Christmas has gone on to win the title, so almost exactly 70 – Liverpool’s record though makes for grim reading though, converting zero from four when top at Christmas. Surely this time Jurgen Klopp’s side will buck the trend. Manchester United overhauled Norwich City to win the Premier League title in********************** ********** Jose Mourinho’s Chelsea have always won the Premier League after leading it at Christmas |
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