Liverpool boss Rafa Benitez is demanding his players bounce back from this week's defeat at home by Olympique Marseille.
Sandwiched between the Everton and Gunners matches is their next Champions League trip to Istanbul and a clash with Besiktas.
A tough trip to Blackburn and the Besiktas return are Liverpool's opening games in November.
No wonder Benitez insisted: "We must improve, we must show our character now.
"We know we have to do better. We showed character to get a draw against Porto when we did not play well, and we showed character to win at Wigan last weekend in a hard match.
"Now we must show character against Tottenham. That is our first priority after the Marseille result."
