Klopp's men are comeback kings… but maybe they should better at the start

They have only gone and done it again. For the ninth time this season, Liverpool have come from behind to earn crucial points in the Premier League title race.

Their draw with Arsenal, a game they could have won were it not for Trent Alexander-Arnold hitting the crossbar in the second half, means Jurgen Klopp’s side have picked up 19 points from losing positions. Nineteen. Last season, they only picked up 15.

Despite falling behind in 10 of their 18 league games this season, they have lost just once. The resilience of potential champions or a sign of sloppy starters?

A win would have put either side top at Christmas. In the past 16 Premier League seasons, only six Christmas Day leaders have failed to go on to lift the trophy. On each of those occasions, the team to fall away was either Arsenal (2007-08, ’22-23) or Liverpool (’08-09, ’13-14, ’18-19, ’20-21).

Don’t forget to keep your eye on Man City, too. They have no problem making a late charge. The past six times they have won the league, only twice have they been top at Christmas — in ’17-18 and ’21-22. A long way to go.

Being top of the Premier League at Christmas is no guarantee of winning the title, especially when Arsenal are in contention.

In the 124 completed top-flight seasons in English league history, only 45 per cent of the teams to wake up top on Christmas Day have gone on to win the title — and few sides can throw it away from here like the Gunners.

Only Liverpool (20) and Manchester United (18) have led the top flight at Christmas more often than Arsenal (10).

In the nine previous occasions they have led on December 25, they have won the title only three times and never in their last five, including last season when they fell short of a first league title in