"The way we finished the season was really good, this shows we can fight for bigger things," Fabinho told the official Liverpool website.
"Seven [wins] in a row [before the draw with Villa] and 10 games without a defeat, it’s really impressive and important for us, for our confidence, finishing this way.
"But, unfortunately, overall it wasn’t our best season, many ups and downs in the season. Before the World Cup we had some injuries that didn’t help the team.
"In general I think we can take positive things from the season – some players stepped up, had the opportunity and played really well. It’s the case of Stefan Bajcetic.
"Cody [Gakpo] arrived and now I think he is playing his best football. Darwin [Nunez] as well was important, I think for his first season he has good numbers. You can say it’s his adapting season, so he played good.
"So we can take a lot of important things [from] this season but overall it wasn’t our best."
Liverpool are one of the most in-form teams in the Premier League in the final stretch of the season. However, too many points have been dropped before that for the Reds to make their way back into the top four.
Fabinho had a very tough start to the season and was even dropped to the bench occasionally. Lately, though, he is back as a regular starter and resembles the best version of himself.
