Reflecting on leading the club to a 20th top-flight title in his first year since succeeding Jurgen Klopp, the Dutchman told BBC Sport of his pride it had been achieved despite some challenges.
“All these excuses you could give to Liverpool… with us maybe not spending… or not bringing new players in, or taking over from someone,” he said.
“All these things are excuses for teams that don’t win the league, and it’s nice that if you have all these excuses, that you don’t have to use them, but you still just won it.”
Liverpool secured the title without any serious strengthening of the squad Slot inherited, which he said made it “probably even more special”.
And he drew comparisons with his time at Feyenoord, where he won the Eredivisie in 2023 despite an overhaul of his team.
“I did it now in two different leagues and in two different ways,” he said.
Earlier this week, Arsenal manager Mikel Arteta lamented how “red cards and injuries”, external had impacted on their title bid.
Injuries to key players have similarly been cited in the lack of a sustained challenge from defending champions Manchester City – not least by manager Pep Guardiola.
In a wide-ranging interview conducted at the club’s training ground before Liverpool’s final match of the season against Crystal Palace on Sunday, Slot also spoke of:
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his “hope” Trent Alexander-Arnold gets a “positive” send-off, after he was booed by some fans following confirmation he will leave his boyhood club next month;
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how he will “cherish for the rest of my life” Monday’s open-top bus parade through the city to celebrate winning the title;
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disputed Arteta’s argument that teams had to be in “the right place at the right time” to win the Premier League title;
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how he was “not worried” about the uncertainty that surrounded key players Mohamed Salah and Virgil van Dijk before they signed contract extensions;
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taking over the job from Klopp;
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how it would be “stupid” not to strengthen the squad this summer – though he admitted the club may not be able to bring in the targets they want.