Liverpool boss Jurgen Klopp is adamant their 1-1 draw at home to West Brom was only a blip.
The draw means the Reds now sit three points clear at the top of the Premier League.
Wednesday's trip to Newcastle United represents their final fixture of 2020 and Klopp is hopeful that his side will respond in characteristically strong fashion to Sunday's setback.
“I am not the first day in the job," the boss said.
“We should have won the game, or we wanted to win the game and we didn't, and now we are all 'depressed' or whatever. The boys are more angry than anything else because they know that it was not perfect but that's it and now, of course, we have to play the next game in three days.
“We don't live in dream-land and just win football matches because we want to win them: we have to work for it and we have to play for it and we have to finish the situations off and we have to pass in the right moments. These kind of things, what the boys are able to do. That's it.
“In the end, we just drew a Premier League game, that can happen. It can happen against West Brom, they had a new manager and they played in the first half a system I didn't see a lot in my life, a 6-4 or whatever. That's completely fine, they have challenges to stay this kind of disciplined for the rest of the season.
“We have to be disciplined as well, in a different way. We have to do both, being offensive, active, creative and defend. That's what we have to do and we could have done that better tonight. That's it.
“Joel is injured and it's not the first time that a centre-half is injured. It's of course not good, especially now as he was in a really good shape again, but we cannot change that. We just have to accept it and carry on."
