Inside Liverpool's final decision on Arne Slot future and what must come next at Anfield

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Liverpool owners, Fenway Sports Group will stick with manager Arne Slot even though he has endured a difficult season in the defence of his Premier League titleIf Liverpool beat Crystal Palace at Anfield in their next Premier League game, they will have an eight-point cushion to sixth spot and, with four fixtures to fulfil, can be almost sure of playing in next season’s Champions League. After winning his one and only Premier League in 2019-20, with an astonishing 99 points, Klopp amassed only 69 points the following season.If Slot’s Liverpool win their last five games, they will finish on 70 points.

And when Liverpool’s hierarchy have been pondering Slot’s position, that 2020-21 season will have been a factor, for sure.Michael Edwards, now the chief executive of football at the club, was then Liverpool’s director of football. In the Premier League, Liverpool have more points now after 33 games (55 in fifth position) than Klopp’s side did after 33 games of the 2020-21 season (54 in fifth position).The Liverpool hierarchy know how difficult the season following a Premier League triumph can be, even if Pep Guardiola made it look easy.

To win the Premier League in your first season in English football gives you a lot of credit.And Slot deserves a third season. He can reinvigorate this Liverpool attack.After Klopp’s tame title defence in 2020-21, the German delivered the 2021-22 FA Cup, the 2021-22 EFL Cup, a second-placed finish in the 2021-22 Premier League - with 92 points and only two defeats - and a runners-up finish in the Champions League.