Aston Villa boss Martin O'Neill insists his players aren't suffering fatigue after their 2-0 defeat to Newcastle.
Villa were undone by an Obafemi Martins double and O'Neill said: "I thought we looked a bit tired at Blackburn.
"But this is what we wanted. There was no tiredness in the first half, we were exhilarating.
"I'm disappointed with the second half, we could have done better.
"We'll fight back, we have to. We are far from the finished article, we want to be battling, we want to be up there."