Liverpool sealed Champions League qualification with a draw against Brentford, but the Anfield mood was defined by Mohamed Salah and Andy Robertson's emotional farewell rather than celebration. Arne Slot watches his team finish with 60 points across 38 league games, a joint-lowest total for any English side to reach the UCL via league position, and fan discontent has been audible all season.

Slot's first campaign delivered a Premier League title with a 2.4 points-per-game average, but this term has unraveled. Liverpool lost 12 league matches and 19 across all competitions, averaging just 1.6 points per game. Virgil van Dijk called it "the most challenging year in my career." Salah publicly urged a change in playing style, and supporters have booed the team off the pitch on multiple occasions.

Defensively, Liverpool conceded the most goals in a 38-game Premier League season. Six different right-backs started, while Alexander Isak and Florian Wirtz played together for only 618 minutes. With Salah, Robertson, and potentially Alisson departing, new leaders must emerge. Slot insists he has "every reason to believe" he stays, but he cannot afford another sluggish start.