Arne Slott says there is “no guarantee” he will remain as Liverpool manager if the club fails to qualify for next season’s Champions League, but noted that the club’s support for Jurgen Klopp in a similar situation bodes well for him.

sky sportsJamie Carragher says there will be no place for Slott if Liverpool go from Premier League champions to outside the top five after spending £450million last summer – despite the Dutchman winning the title last season.

After Liverpool beat Manchester City 2-1 at Anfield on Sunday, Carragher claimed it was unlikely Liverpool would finish in the top five next season due to the form of their opponents. Liverpool go into midweek’s clash four points behind fifth-placed Chelsea ahead of Wednesday’s trip to Sunderland.

“It’s another difficult question for me to answer because I can’t decide my future,” Slott said of whether his future depends on the Champions League.

However, Slott then mentioned how Liverpool were backing Klopp at the end of the 2022-23 season when the Reds finished fifth – behind Erik ten Hag’s Manchester United – and missed out on the Champions League, suggesting that could be a good sign for him.

“The only thing I know is that it’s happened before and it’s happened recently, but it doesn’t affect the manager’s future,” Sloter said of Klopp’s season. “But that certainly doesn’t guarantee anything.”

Slots: This has been my toughest season

Slott admits he is going through the most challenging season of his managerial career to date as he attempts to secure a Champions League spot for Liverpool.

“By a mile,” the Dutchman said when asked if this was his most difficult campaign. “Because all the other seasons I’ve coached there have been nothing but positives. I don’t think I’ve ever lost two games in a row (before).

“This season is an exception for me, but also for the players. The players are not used to losing a lot of games or drawing a lot.

“The season we’re having now is different from all the other seasons I’ve managed, we’ve always done something special – and it’s still possible for us to do something special this season.”

‘There’s still a long way to go’ – Carla predicts Liverpool will miss out on Champions League places

Carragher revealed on Sunday that he expects Liverpool to miss out on Champions League qualification via the Premier League.

this sky sports Experts say Arne Slaughter’s side are now “a long way off” from finishing in the top five after losing 2-1 at home to Manchester City. Super Sunday.

Asked whether he thought Liverpool would enter the Premier League and qualify for the Champions League – which will be expanded again this season from four to five places – Carragher replied on Sunday: “No. At the moment, I don’t think so.”

“They’ve got to have a huge improvement in form. And the guys above them are in great form as well.

When you look at Liverpool’s league run, there’s still a long way to go to get into the top five in the Champions League. Now there is a gap.

You can make up for that, but Liverpool have to perform well in two cup games to save the season.

“The manager has another decision to make about his front four,” Carragher added.

“If Liverpool continue the way they are now, with the front four, playing from start to finish, I don’t know how they can get into the Champions League.

“But no matter what Arne Slaughter did, the makeup of this team wasn’t right. It never looked consistent and they never had control.”

“Liverpool still have a long way to go to qualify for the Champions League.”

Neville: Cycling wins over Sunderland and Liverpool

Carragher’s associates sky sports Pundit Gary Neville is more optimistic about Liverpool’s prospects of finishing in the top five, but says they must show mental toughness to bounce back from defeat to Manchester City.

“They are now four points behind the top five,” he said on Gary Neville Podcast. “It’s not a big gap at all and there’s still a long way to go and they’re going to have to play against most teams that are better than them, so they still have a lot of chances.

“But there’s a question mark over Liverpool. There’s a question mark over whether they can get into the Champions League places.

“I still think they will, but what they have to do is put the game away (the loss to Manchester City) very quickly and throw it into a corner and forget about it.

“Some people will say it happens too often, conceding the ball very late. Some people will say something is wrong, something is fundamentally wrong, structurally wrong. But I think they just need to calm themselves down as much as possible. They need to snap out of it.”

“They have a lot of experience in Alisson, Alexis McAllister, Virgil van Dijk, Mo Salah and Ryan Gravenberch. They have a lot of players who know what to do.

“Can they hold on? Can they get back on their bikes?

“They go to Sunderland next. It’s embarrassing. If you really want to tell everyone you’re still going to play in the Champions League, go there and win. Go to Sunderland and win, it’s going to be a tough place to be.

“Being determined to win there, stay professional, keep a clean sheet, that’s what everyone at Liverpool is looking for now.”