Coventry City manager Steven Pressley felt that his side accepted defeat too soon in their 3-1 loss to Tranmere Rovers.
Pressley told the Press Association: "We looked like we accepted defeated too soon. "We lacked a cutting edge and we needed to create more than we did.
"Games can change quickly and we have to have a better mentality when we do fall behind because otherwise we won't get anything.
"If we start feeling sorry for ourselves then things are unlikely to go our way but Tranmere played well and we didn't match them.
"We need to stand up to adversity because this is our most challenging period of the season.
"We have had a really successful period leading up to the last three weeks but the reality now is that we are getting dragged back down to the wrong end of the table.
"The players need to remember there is a league below us and we need to come through what is a difficult time. If we don't realise that then we are in trouble."