A feast of goals was played out between Liverpool and Tottenham Hotspur on an English soccer field at dawn on Monday. Liverpool beat Tottenham Hotspur 6-3 thanks to the outstanding play of Mohamed Sana, who contributed four goals with two solo shots and two passes, and is now four points ahead of Luis Fernandes in the second place of the table, securing the Premier League's Christmas title ahead of schedule. This is the 21st time Liverpool have spent Christmas as leaders in England's top flight, 11 of which have been successful in winning the title, a success rate of 55%.
Liverpool visited Tottenham Hotspur and scored first for the visitors with a header from Luis Diaz just 23 minutes into the game. This was followed by Alex McAllister's near post header in the 36th minute to extend the lead to 2-0. 5 minutes later, Jim Maddison equalized for Tottenham Hotspur. Shana then took over the game. The Egyptian striker first assisted Sobel Sharar's goal and followed it up with two more goals. Although Tottenham relied on Gourcuff and Solanki to chase down two goals after the break, Shana's outstanding performance helped Liverpool to a 6-3 victory.
With 9 wins and 3 losses in their last 12 league games, Liverpool lead the table by 4 points despite playing one game less than Chelsea. After the 20/21 season, Liverpool is once again the Premier League Christmas Champion. However, being the Christmas champions does not mean winning the trophy. In the past 20 times of being the leaders at Christmas, Liverpool only won 55% of the matches, and in the past six Premier League eras, the Christmas champions' winning percentage was even only 19/20.
Liverpool manager Jürgen Klopp said: 'Of course it makes sense to be Christmas champions. We always want to stay ahead in the league. The most important thing is to keep going, it's not easy with the intensive schedule of every 3 to 4 games. A small mistake can affect the result, as I didn't expect in this round (0-0 draw against Everton).
