Liverpool’s Taboo When Leading the Premier League on Christmas

DBasia.news – Liverpool lead the Premier League table after the 18th-week ended. However, they can’t enjoy that too soon because there’s a curse every time they lead the table at Christmas.

Liverpool won 2-0 against Wolverhampton during the 18th-week of 2018-2019 Premier League. The Reds victory goal were scored by Mohamed Salah and Virgil van Dijk.

Meanwhile, Manchester City surprisingly defeated against Crystal Palace. The result makes Liverpool enjoying the top table.

Mohamed Salah and friends collected 48 points from 18 matches. The point means they are 4 points higher than Manchester City in the second place.

Actually, the current situation is good for them because they lead the table at Christmas. Myth said, the team leading the table at Christmas would win the competition.

In fact, since the Premier League conducted in 1992, most of the team leading the table at Christmas became the champion. From 26 periods, 14 won the Premier League

 

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Moreover, the winning chance was higher in the past decade. During that period, there were only two times a club didn’t become the champion.

The problem is, there is only one club who got the curse, and that’s Liverpool.

The first time happened in 2008-2009 when Liverpool won one point higher than Chelsea at Christmas and Manchester United were six points behind. But, The Red Devils won the Premier League.

The same thing happened five seasons later, in 2013-2014. Liverpool led the table at Christmas after the victory over Arsenal.

However, Liverpool got slip-up in three latest matches. Consequently, Manchester City won the Premier League with only two points higher.

This season, five seasons after that incident, Liverpool lead the table once again at Christmas. This time, The Reds are four points higher than Manchester City.

However, Liverpool fans are worried about this fact. If we examine it in detail, this seems like a 5-season cycle.

The distance between 2008-2009, 2013-2014, and 2018-2019 is exactly 5 seasons. It means Liverpool can’t be relaxed to avoid these tragedies.

Italian quote said, “l’histoire se epete” which means the history would repeat itself. Not, it depends on Liverpool, could they break the five-season-cycle curse?