With Liverpool fifth in the Premier League, Arne Slot has claimed “it is not realistic to have so much bad luck” in one season as his team have endured.
Even if Liverpool qualify for next season’s Champions League, this season will not be looked back on with favour.
Not since September have Liverpool won more than three league games in a row, and they have already lost 17 matches in all competitions, just two fewer than their worst total for a season in the 21st century.
Among other factors, Slot believes his team have suffered from a serious case of bad luck.
He said to press including the Liverpool Echo: “Will there ever be another season where we concede so many goals in extra time?
MANCHESTER, ENGLAND - Saturday, April 4, 2026: Liverpool's captain Virgil van Dijk looks dejected after the FA Cup Quarter Final match between Manchester City FC and Liverpool FC at the City of Manchester Stadium. Manchester City won 4-0. (Photo by David Rawcliffe/Propaganda)
“I don’t think that is even possible, so that would even add six, seven or eight points to our total.
“Will ever have a season with so many injuries again?
“You can’t rule it out but it is not realistic to have so much bad luck. And I can factor in even more things to this season.
“The main thing is how we were able to compete against Paris Saint-Germain after only being two days off, with them being rested for a week; how we have been able to compete against the other quarter-finalists here at home.
“Then you see that with doing the right things in the summer and not being as unlucky as we were this season, we can have a better season.”
Arne Slot “sees a difference in a positive way”
LIVERPOOL, ENGLAND - Monday, April 13, 2026: Liverpool's head coach Arne Slot during a training session at the AXA Training Centre ahead of the UEFA Champions League Quarter-Final 2nd Leg match between Liverpool FC and Paris Saint-Germain FC. (Photo by David Rawcliffe/Propaganda)
Liverpool have suffered some bad luck, but when does bad luck become a pattern?
The Reds have conceded more injury-time winners this season than any side in the Premier League era, for example, but you could argue that is because the opposition have been offered too much encouragement.
With Liverpool bringing in eight new players and the same number of title winners departing, there was always going to be some kind of transition time needed.
Diogo Jota‘s tragic death changed the feel of the squad further and meant Liverpool’s new signings came into a strange environment.
Slot believes that he is seeing improvement, though, from last year’s arrivals: “Compare the players we have signed with the start of the season and where we are now.
“I see a difference in a positive way.
“If you saw what Florian was able to do in his third game in seven days (against PSG on Tuesday) and you compare that to the start of the season, and my first thought is then always Brentford (away) after we played Eintracht Frankfurt away.
“I see a big difference.”
The Reds’ form, which has been poor for a year now, has led many fans to lose faith in the head coach, and Slot thinks the only way to regain their trust is through results.
“I think people only start to believe when they are seeing it,” said the Dutchman.
“That means results for now and for next season when they are seeing the team, although I think the belief was really there last summer when we signed a few players.
“That’s usually what comes with a few signings – people get very excited by that. People usually first want to see it, and that’s what we need to do after the summer.”
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