Eddie Howe says that Newcastle United must "digest" their 2-0 defeat against Liverpool quickly ahead of their Wembley visit next weekend.
The Magpies must set off for Wembley knowing Nick Pope is banned and that either Loris Karius or Mark Gillespie must play against Manchester United. Newcastle were finally beaten and lost their unscathed run of results after two goals in the first half ensured defeat.
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Afterwards, Howe still heaped praise on his dejected keeper with Pope set to miss the club's biggest day in years.
Howe said: "There's been games where Nick [Pope] has had very little to do, there have also been moments where he has stepped up and made world-class saves for us.
"But we need to make sure we go into next week with the mindset that we protect our goal, as we have done all season, regardless of who the goalkeeper is. "That doesn't change our focus on the defensive display.
"We've got to digest this quickly and look forward to what is an exciting week for us."
Howe said he was disappointed with the nature of the goals from Darwin Nunez and Cody Gakpo. He reflected afterwards: "A lot happened in the game, a good start from us and we had the first chance in the game. "We conceded two goals which is unlike us. I was disappointed with the goals, I thought we need to look back at them."
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