THE SHARPE END: Jurgen Klopp’s men are this season’s 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?

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.

Liverpool continued their trend of making a slow start during their draw with Arsenal

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). 

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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 nearly two decades.

The Gunners find themselves top of the table at Christmas after the draw at Anfield

PS Liverpool are unbeaten in their last 11 home PL games against Arsenal, in a run stretching back over a decade to Sept 2012. 

In SIX of those games, they’ve come from behind. Last season they were 2-0 down and drew 2-2, this time around they responded to Gabriel’s early header — and could have won it! 

Liverpool’s 19 points gained from losing positions this season is six more than any other team in the Premier League.