Liverpool are not in the Champions League draw on Jan. 31 because the Reds automatically qualified for the round of 16. Since Slot's men finished atop the league phase standings, they do not have to participate in the knockout phase playoffs, and are therefore not in the draw.

Liverpool may have missed out on perfection but Arne Slot's side still topped the Champions League league phase table. Having won their opening seven games, defeat by PSV Eindhoven prevented the Reds from becoming the competition's 14th team to win all of their group-stage games in a season.

Liverpool will not be in the draw for the Champions League play-offs today after finishing top of the league standings in the group stages of the competition

Arne Slot has declared that Liverpool's position at the summit of the revamped Champions League table offers no guarantees for the knockout stages.

Arne Slot believes Liverpool topping the revamped Champions League table has offered them no assurances for the knockout stages. The Reds finished in first place ahead of Barcelona despite a much-changed side falling to a 3-2 defeat at PSV Eindhoven on Wednesday evening.