Arne Slot spoke about his feelings on **Liverpool**being back on the coattails of the top four.
The reigning Premier League champions were the favourites for many people to take top spot this season after £260 million of spending on three big attackers and two fullbacks in the transfer window. In truth, the campaign has oscillated between peaks and troughs more than anyone ever imagined.
They sealed 15 points from their first five league fixtures, but a rotten run across October and November has done almost irreparable damage to the title charge. Since a 4-1 defeat against PSV Eindhoven, the team have sported an unbeaten record with three wins and two draws to now sit level on 29 points with fourth placed Chelsea.
It feels like a reasonable scenario for a side whose early success somewhat masked struggles across 90 minutes, and Slot sits in a more comfortable position.
“When we started the season, it wasn't as if I was thrilled and completely happy when we were top four. We're always aiming for the best possible and, after a very good start we had, we were disappointed with the run of results we had afterwards. But I think you've said it, we are now maybe on equal points for top four, I don't exactly know.
“ I think it's never been as bad as people said, but it's also true that we are definitely not perfect yet. But we knew this when we made so many changes in the summer that it would take time. Maybe because we won the first five or six games, everybody thought this would just go so easily.
“But as a club, ownership, Richard [Hughes], Michael [Edwards], all the other people, knew that change could, could, could also go with different results – and that has shown to be true.”