With wall-to-wall soccer, Christmas is a dream for soccer supporters within the UK, and Liverpool have made a behavior of offering late presents on Boxing Day.
The total Boxing Day fixture checklist is the focus of the Premier League‘s packed winter schedule, and profitable is turning into a practice for the Reds.
Throughout Liverpool’s final six fixtures on December 26, they’ve scored 19 objectives, conceded only one and gained all six within the course of.
All coming throughout Jurgen Klopp‘s reign, the primary three of these video games had been at Anfield, whereas the latter trio of Leicester, Aston Villa and Burnley had been all away from dwelling.
Boxing Day document underneath Klopp
Arne Slot‘s Reds return dwelling this Christmas trying to lengthen that glorious Boxing Day document as they play Leicester but once more, fortunately at Anfield for supporters.
Away journeys on December 26 will be awkward with public transport operating at a lowered price on the financial institution vacation.
Liverpool’s general document on Boxing Day is superb, taking part in 92 instances, profitable 45, drawing 24 and dropping 23.
That final of these defeats got here towards Man Metropolis in 2013. You might bear in mind a very horrible offside determination to disclaim Liverpool’s Raheem Sterling from racing via on aim.
On the finish of the season, with Manuel Pellegrini’s staff pipping the Reds to the title by two factors, the match proved pivotal.
Six years later, the highest two clashed once more on Boxing Day. This time it was Liverpool and Leicester.
Klopp’s Liverpool went to the King Energy Stadium and hammered the Foxes 4-0 as Trent Alexander-Arnold put in an ideal efficiency to say Liverpool’s dominance on the prime.
Final yr, the Reds made the quick journey to Turf Moor the place they scored at both finish of the 90 minutes, via Darwin Nunez within the sixth and Diogo Jota within the ninetieth on one other harm return off the bench.
Whereas Liverpool frequently play on Boxing Day, they haven’t performed on Christmas Day since 1957 – the final of 40 fixtures the Reds had performed on that date.
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With the Reds not kicking off till 8pm (GMT) on December 26 this yr, right here’s to a different Liverpool win after Christmas Dinner leftovers!
