Joe Allen says Liverpool are confident handling the extra demands of the Champions League next season.
With the strides made since finishing seventh 12 months ago means the squad are confident they can contend again next season, even with the added demands of the Champions League.
"Nobody would have predicted how far we have come this year. There is a slight disappointment in coming so close and not getting there but we still have a lot to celebrate," he said.
"I think it shows the belief we have got now. We'd have snapped people's hands off if we had of been offered it before the season, but it has progressed over the year and we realised how good we are as a team and how good the players we have as well.
"We can't become complacent because that is the danger, we will use this to spur us on next season.
"We always felt this season would be an important season to show the ability we have got as a team.
"It's great to have a club like Liverpool back at the top. The beauty of it is there is more to come. That is a great position to be in.
"The players we have got in this team would have experienced so much this season and it will be great going into the next few seasons for the club."
