Liverpool signed ten players this past summer and nine left, though they sit top of the Premier League table.
Slot said, "Nah, that depends on when you ask me.
"When you ask me, maybe in May, I would expect us to be, what happened to Diogo (Jota) wasn't known then, I was expecting Alexis McAllister to start in pre-season from day one, but things got worse.
"I think the main thing in the beginning of the season is picking up points, and I think we did this better than, in general, people speak about, if I have to listen to you.
"Because I think people don't take into account how difficult it is to win at Newcastle away, after all that happened. Arsenal at home, I think they haven't conceded a goal, only against us. Burnley conceded only 14 goals last season, and I could go on and on.
"So if you take all that into account, everything that happened, the change we had to make, players are not all ready to play 90 minutes, which is for many clubs the situation, then we are further definitely in points than I expected us to be."