Liverpool learns brutal truth about season point tally but Arne Slot knows where to improve
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Liverpool knows that it faces a big summer as Arne Slot looks set to improve his side's fortunes next time around, having struggled for consistency for the last few monthsLiverpool head coach Arne Slot.(Image: Liverpool FC via Getty Images)There are arguably two main strands that Liverpool has to work on this summer: getting some extra quality options in the transfer market, and getting fitter and stronger as a collective.In the transfer market, the 20-year-old French defender Jeremy Jacquet has already been snapped up. But Liverpool needs more pace and quality in wide areas, and could perhaps do with one or two other signings elsewhere too, depending on further departures.And while there are clear areas that should be improved next season — Alexander Isak is likely to have a much bigger impact, for instance — the low points tally this term shows the level of upgrading required.READ MORE: Jeremy Jacquet explains Chelsea snub and names two stars who convinced him on Liverpool transferREAD MORE: Liverpool transfer news LIVE: Yan Diomande talks, Alisson latest, Bradley Barcola moveLiverpool finished in fifth spot by picking up 60 points.
The same tally the season before would have seen it come ninth, five points behind Nottingham Forest. The year before that, it would only have been good enough for eighth.This season, the middle ground in the Premier League was more competitive than ever, with so many teams in mathematical contention for the European spots until the end.But having picked up 24 fewer points than the season before — with the last four matches of 2024/25 essentially written off when the Premier League title had been won — the scale of the required improvement is clear."We came here today to do the minimum, that’s the minimum required, and that is qualifying for the Champions League," Slot said in his post-match press conference after the Brentford game last weekend.Arne Slot has come under considerable pressure at Liverpool this season(Image: Getty Images)"As you see when you take a look at the league table, big clubs are not able to qualify for the Champions League or Europe."Big clubs have not been able to qualify for Europe in the last few seasons in this league, so we can never take it for granted but it’s clear and obvious that we wanted more."But I’m really proud of the players, what they’ve done this season, because it’s been a very, very, very tough season for us, with all the things we had to experience, with all the injuries, and I can come up with all these things we have had to go through."But if this in the end is then the minimum for us, qualifying for the Champions League, fifth place, and going out in the FA Cup against the winners after losing an away game to Manchester City, which so many teams do.Get Liverpool's new 2026/27 home kitThis article contains affiliate links, we will receive a commission on any sales we generate from it.
Learn moreLiverpool FC have launched their new home kit for the 2026/27, inspired by iconic adidas strip worn during the club's 1989/90 title-winning campaign."Losing against Paris Saint-Germain for the second year in a row, where no team in the last two years were able to beat them over two games."Over one game, Chelsea of course in the Club World Cup and maybe Arsenal now in the final, but over two games not one team has been able to do so."So yeah, not what I would have loved us to achieve this season before we started but taking everything into account, what has happened to us this season, I’m happy today that we’ve qualified for the Champions League."Slot admitted that there were lots of things he would do differently next season when the campaign came to a close. Now, the task is to find the right players in the market and improve the fitness and durability of the ones he already has.