Arne Slot is adamant that Liverpool can't make excuses for their rough start defending their Premier League title. The coach wants a great end to 2025 as the Reds get ready to play Wolves at Anfield on Saturday.

The champs are currently 10 points behind as we go into this weekend's games. Arsenal is in the lead, two points ahead of Manchester City. Slot's team has already lost six times, all during a tough stretch from late September to November.

Liverpool will play Rob Edwards's Wolves on Saturday, after going six games without a loss in all competitions. This streak has pushed the Reds to fifth place, but Slot knows they still need to get better in 2026.

"I think we're in the spot we deserve after the first half of the season," Slot said, according to the Liverpool Echo.

I think we should be higher, to be honest. I was expecting and hoping we'd be higher in the standings. But even in the last six games, the difference between the other team is always really small.

We've been a little lucky with the outcome a few times, and we need to get to a point where we're so far ahead of the other team that luck doesn't matter anymore. I think the games we lost were unlucky.

The refs and set pieces have really affected our start to the season, but we can't use that as an excuse.

That's just luck. There's always a call that can go either way. That shouldn't make us lose points. We need to make sure that, like last season, when a lot of calls went against us, too, it doesn't hurt us.

Slot added: I've said it before: the players are getting fitter, not just the new guys, but also the ones who missed pre-season and were injured a lot. They're getting used to playing together.

I still think the best is yet to come for this team, which is something we all agree on and are hoping for. That's normal when you look at what's happened in the first half-year, so I'm not that surprised at where we are.

Liverpool might try to snag Goncalo Ramos from Paris Saint-Germain. The plan is to bring him over to Anfield on loan to cover for Alexander Isak, who's out with an injury.

Isak, who came to Liverpool from Newcastle United back in the summer of 2025, got hurt during the Reds' 2-1 victory against Tottenham Hotspur on December 20th.

Liverpool's website says the Swedish star had ankle surgery, fixing a fibula fracture, and there's no set date for his return.

CaughtOffSide says Liverpool already wants to get a new striker in January and is looking at Goncalo Ramos.

The report says Liverpool has been talking about a few big names, and Ramos is one of them.

The current Premier League champs are supposedly thinking about a six-month loan for the 24-year-old Portuguese player.

The report says Liverpool sees Ramos as someone who could jump in quickly, press hard, and score goals while Isak is recovering.

Ramos, who cost PSG €80 million, has a contract with them until 2028.

So far, the 24-year-old has scored 42 goals and assisted nine in 109 games for PSG.

Does Liverpool even need Ramos from PSG?

He's not guaranteed a starting spot with PSG, which might be why Liverpool thinks a loan is possible.

This season, the Portuguese striker has started eight league games but hasn't started any Champions League matches.

Liverpool was interested in Ramos back in the summer of 2025 before they signed Isak, so it's not a new thing.

Still, the question is, does Liverpool need another striker mid-season?

Liverpool's coach, Arne Slot, has said Isak will be out for a few months.

Is it worth getting someone new when they already have Hugo Ekitike?

Don't forget, Liverpool signed Ekitike from Eintracht Frankfurt before landing Isak last summer.

Slot has played Ekitike and Isak at the same time, but Ekitike can play up front alone.

Ekitike, who used to play for PSG, has scored 11 goals and assisted one in 24 appearances for Liverpool this season.