Arne Slot needs just one word to sum up season as Liverpool head coach makes honest admission

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Nineteen defeats in all competitions paint the picture of a Liverpool side that struggled at both ends of the field for various reasons.But having earned a point against Brentford, a Champions League spot was confirmed on a day that was much more about Mohamed Salah and Andy Robertson playing for the club for the final time.READ MORE: Liverpool player ratings, winners and losers vs Brentford as Curtis Jones and four more goodREAD MORE: Arne Slot makes Liverpool promise as difficult season ends and big summer looms"We, and I, haven’t been perfect, but I would have answered this question exactly the same in the year we won the league because as a manager you can never be perfect [and] a player can never be perfect," Slot outlined in his final post-match press conference of the campaign."But all the decisions I’ve made throughout the whole season has been only with one idea, and that’s being very well prepared. So, all the decisions I made were never made from, ‘Oh, I have no time, let’s make a decision like this.’"No, I thought about it really well and as you know, not every decision can be the right one so it would be stupid for me to sit here and say all the decisions I’ve made were the right ones.Liverpool's Dutch manager Arne Slot reacts on the pitch after the English Premier League football match between Liverpool and Brentford at Anfield in Liverpool, north west England on May 24, 2026.

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