By Christmas, Liverpool had opened up a five-point gap following a 7-0 away win against Crystal Palace. Liverpool overtook Tottenham again in mid-December, new england shirt following a meeting between the two clubs at Anfield which resulted in a 2-1 win to Liverpool. As originally planned, the 2020-21 season was to be the second Premier League season with a mid-season break in February, whereby five games of a normal round of ten would be played on one weekend and the remaining five the following weekend. However, due to the late start of the league and fixture congestion, the winter break was scrapped. Liverpool were the defending champions, having won their nineteenth league title the previous season, new england kit their first in the Premier League era.