Arne Slot admits he has made mistakes this season but says injuries largely limited his options at Liverpool.
The Reds ended a disappointing campaign with Champions League qualification secured after a frustrating 1-1 draw at home to Brentford on Sunday.
Curtis Jones put Slot’s side ahead on 58 minutes, but Kevin Schade equalised six minutes later.
Liverpool finish with 60 points, their lowest Premier League total in 14 years, as they end the season in fifth place, 25 points behind champions Arsenal.
When asked if there was anything he’d have done differently this season, Arne Slot said: “There are many things, yes. We and I haven’t been perfect, but I would have answered this question exactly the same in the year we won the league.
“As a manager you can never be perfect, a player can never be perfect. But all the decisions I’ve made this season have been with only one idea, and that’s being very well prepared. I never made a decision where I had no time and just made a decision. I’ve thought about it really well.
“Not every decision can be the right one and it would be stupid for me to sit here and say all the decisions I’ve made are right ones.
“But before I made them, every time it felt they were the right ones to make. But a lot of time I didn’t even have to make decisions or choices because this (Sunday) was maybe the first time this season there were no Academy players on the bench.
“If you asked me for one word to describe this season, I’d describe it with the word ‘injury’.”
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