Slot: We Weren't Perfect, But We Achieved Our Minimum Goal

Liverpool manager Arne Slot expressed satisfaction with the 1-1 draw against Brentford in the final Premier League matchday. He commended his players for achieving the season's minimum objective: qualifying for the Champions League. However, the coach admitted that neither he nor his team had been perfect throughout the campaign.

“There are many things we could have changed. Neither I nor the team were perfect, but I would answer that question in exactly the same way in the year we won the league. As a manager, you can never be perfect, just as a player cannot be perfect. But all the decisions I made this season were driven by one single idea – to be very well prepared. I never made a decision without having had time to consider it thoroughly,” Slot stated.

“Not every decision can be the right one, and it would be foolish to sit here and claim all my decisions were correct. But before I made them, I always felt they were the right ones. In many cases, however, I didn't even have to make a choice, because this match (on Sunday) was perhaps the first of the season where there were no academy players on the bench,” the specialist added.

He was nonetheless pleased that his team achieved their minimum goal – qualifying for the Champions League.

“We came here today to achieve the minimum – Champions League qualification. As you can see when you look at the standings, big clubs fail to qualify for the Champions League or for Europe. In recent seasons, major clubs have failed to qualify for the Champions League, so we should never take that for granted. But it's clear and obvious that we wanted more. I am truly proud of the players for what they did this season, as it was very, very, very difficult for us with everything we had to go through, with all the injuries, and I could list many more things we endured,” the Dutchman elaborated.

“But if, in the end, this is the minimum for us – to qualify for the Champions League, to be knocked out of the FA Cup by the eventual winners after losing to Manchester City, as so many teams do, and to lose to Paris Saint-Germain for a second consecutive season when no team has managed to beat them in two matches, then that's the situation,” the Liverpool manager concluded.