Arsenal have had an extra day to enjoy the Christmas festivities as their home match with Ipswich Town was delayed to December 27. 16 of the 20 Premier League clubs are taking part in the traditional Boxing Day clashes however including two of the Gunners’ main title rivals: Liverpool who host Leicester and Chelsea who take on Fulham at Stamford Bridge.

Yet, the focus on Christmas Day for many Arsenal fans online turned to Liverpool’s star man Mohamed Salah. The Egyptian international posted on X (formerly known as Twitter) to celebrate Christmas with his family.

This received backlash for several other reasons but for the purpose of this piece, it is the Arsenal attention in particular that saw many asking why. This is not the first time Salah has made a post at Christmas and having been in the country for many years it appears he has embraced this national holiday.

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However, when he did so in 2023, it preceded a time where Liverpool’s then title charge would begin to falter. Salah suffered a hamstring issue while away on international duty which he struggled to return from.

While making it back for the February 17 clash with Brentford where he scored and assisted in a 4-1 away win, he would then miss the next two league games with another muscular problem.

In the remaining 11 games, we would fail to start in three and score only three goals. Liverpool would drop 15 points in these matches and cost them a chance to take both Arsenal and Manchester City to the final day.

Arsenal supporters who have some superstitions it seems have latched on to this again and are hoping that another Christmas post from Salah spells the beginning of a poor run for Arne Slot’s side. While all well and good to believe in these omens, this one is not too consistent.

Salah posted in 2022 and in the New Year went on an even stronger run than the start of the campaign. Staying fit and scoring 12 goals and claiming eight assists.

Again, in 2021 another Christmas post preceded an exceptionally strong second half of the season for Liverpool where they would not lose a league game, drawing just three, winning the rest and Salah contributing along the way.

So, while this year’s post may have caused something of a stir from Arsenal fans. History has told us there is no guarantee that it will cause a Salah dip, if anything, quite the opposite.