London, April 15 -- Less than a year on from the day Liverpool won the Premier League title, Arne Slot's side find themselves in a position where their season rests on qualifying for the Champions League.

For Slot, perhaps his future does too. There will be no silverware and the Dutchman has already said failing to have Champions League football next season would mean this would "definitelynot be an acceptable season".

This was Liverpool's 17th defeat of the campaign but it came after arguably one of their better performances., according to BBC sport.

Until Ousmane Dembele's 72nd-minute strike for Paris St-Germain, Liverpool battled admirably against the champions of Europe.

"It was an intense match between two teams who played really g...