The Premier League returns this weekend - for its first properly undisrupted run of the season.
Top-level club football has had to stop for international breaks in September, October and November, but the next one is not until March now.
It coincides with the busy festive period next month.
BBC Sport looks at five talking points as the Premier League gets back under way.
Liverpool are flying under Arne Slot and sit top of the Premier League and the Champions League table, having dropped points in just two games this season.