Curtis Jones Liverpool future comments centered on a 1-1 draw with Brentford that sent Liverpool back into the Champions League and locked up fifth place. Jones scored the opener in the second half, but Kevin Schade’s equaliser left Arne Slot’s side finishing the Premier League season with a point that still delivered the target.
Jones on Liverpool's season
The midfielder framed the campaign as uneven, and the final table backed that up. Liverpool won important games and lost games as well, but the draw on Sunday was enough to finish fifth and qualify for the Champions League next term.
“It’s been up and down. Of course it has. We’ve won important games. We’ve obviously lost games as well. But the important thing now is that we’re in the Champions League,” Jones said after the match. He delivered the kind of result Liverpool needed on the pitch, then put the season into plain terms off it.
Brentford and the second half
Liverpool’s opener came after the interval, with Jones finding the net in the second half against Brentford. Schade answered for the home side, and the match ended 1-1 on Sunday.
That scoreline was enough to settle the table position. Liverpool finished fifth, and the draw carried them into the competition they wanted next term without needing anything else from the final day.
Robertson, Salah and Diogo Jota
Jones also used the final whistle to focus on the departures of Andy Robertson and Mohamed Salah, who both ended nine-year spells at Liverpool. He called them “unbelievable lads” and said they had helped him since he was a kid, while Salah let him use his personal physio when he was struggling with injuries.
“I think Mo was obviously in a different way. He would always lead and be a professional. He was always the first in the gym, he was always the last out,” Jones said. “Then Robbo, on the flip side, he obviously was one of the ones when I came around the team from a kid, he was always there, he always helped me.”
Jones also said the squad must keep the standards set by the pair. When asked about that, he replied, “Absolutely, yeah.” He also referenced the death of Diogo Jota, calling him a big part of the team, which added another hard edge to a season he had already described as up and down.
For Liverpool, the draw with Brentford closed the season with a top-five finish and a place back in the Champions League. For Jones, it ended with a goal, a point, and a farewell to two senior figures who shaped the dressing room he came through as a kid.
