Two Champions League matches 1 win and 1 loss! How many points does Liverpool need to avoid the Champions League playoffs under the new competition system?

After Liverpool lost the second Champions League game, let's analyze how many points this team under Slott needs to be in the top eight.

Last year, the new European Cup competition system was a learning experience for everyone. However, this year, it can more accurately predict how Liverpool plans the promotion route in the group stage.

Liverpool had previously defeated Atletico Madrid but lost to Galatasaray. They currently have 3 points and have not played in 6 games left.

If it can rank in the top eight in the standings of 36 teams, Liverpool will directly advance to the Champions League Top 16.

But if the ranking falls in 9th to 24th, they will have to play in an additional two rounds of play-offs in mid-February, and that time is already a intensive schedule.

Liverpool will have to go through an extremely bad state if they want to fall out of 24th place - last year, Club Bruges successfully advanced with only 11 points - but this is not the Reds' goal.

Instead, Slot's team aims to be in the top eight again.

Aston Villa, who ranked eighth last season, scored 16 points in eight games, one point higher than ninth-place Atlanta.

To achieve the 16-point goal, Liverpool will need to score another 13 points in the remaining 6 games.

Liverpool's remaining schedules are as follows: away against Frankfurt, home against Real Madrid, home against Eindhoven, away against Inter Milan, away against Marseille, home against Karabach.

【The top-ranked extra advantage】

As mentioned earlier, if Liverpool can rank among the top eight, they can avoid the February playoffs.

However, this season has also added an advantage: the top teams have home rights in the second leg of the knockout stage. The top four teams in

will be home in the second leg of the quarterfinals.

In addition, if the top two teams can advance to the semi-finals, the second leg of the semi-finals will also be held at home.

But if these seeds are eliminated in either round, the team that eliminates them will take over the home advantage.

For Liverpool, this rule is of great significance. After all, when the Reds need to win, Anfield Stadium can burst out with a powerful cheering force.

[Liverpool's strategy change]

Last season, Liverpool performed strongly in the group stage, with seven consecutive victories at the start, and lost to Eindhoven away in the last game that was unrelated to promotion.

Despite qualifying as the top group, Liverpool faced the final champion Paris Saint-Germain in the last 16.

Although this draw is not good for Liverpool, it also shows that even if you rank at the top of the standings, you may not be able to gain a significant advantage.

For the Red Army, as long as it can be among the top eight, it should be satisfied. Slott had hinted at this back in December last year.

"It's hard to give a definite statement about this," the coach said when talking about the importance of top-ranking the Champions League standings.

"I have said it many times, but by the end of the season, you can make the most accurate judgment - whether it is beneficial to be among the top eight and whether it is beneficial to rank the top."

"Obviously, it seems that it is really beneficial to be able to enter the top eight, but if you send the main players to the court every time, you also need to achieve corresponding results. The reason why we strive to win is first to get the higher ranking as much as possible, and secondly to skip the next round of play-offs. If the final result is that we always send the main players to the court, successfully skip the play-offs, but still draw strong opponents, then we may reconsider our strategy in the group stage next season."