Arsene Wenger refused to be drawn into a discussion of Arsenal 's Barclays Premier League title chances after seeing them hold out to claim a hard-fought victory at Newcastle . The Gunners ' sixth successive league win left them just four points behind leaders Chelsea , who have two games in hand , but Wenger is adopting a one-game-at-a-time approach to the closing stages of the campaign . He said : 'Look , Chelsea have a good security and at the moment , I feel they have enough cushion to be quite serene . Arsene Wenger has played down his side 's chances of winning the Premier League title this season . The Arsenal boss believes Chelsea have too much security at the top and are quite serene . 'We have Manchester City in front of us and behind us , it is tight as well - the only thing we can do is to win our games . ' I think Chelsea have too much security . I just think at the moment we are not concluding , we are in a fight . You have seen the game today - in every game , we need to turn up and fight until the last minute to get the points . 'That 's what we have to do , just go for the next game and win it . Look , the players want to do as well as they can . We know we have a fight first to be in the top four . We will go step by step , game by game . ' Chelsea are four points clear of the Gunners but have two games in hand on the rest of the chasing pack . Arsenal looked to be heading for a comfortable victory at St James ' Park when Olivier Giroud struck twice inside four first-half minutes to give them a commanding 2-0 lead at the break . But the Magpies , who were booed off at half-time , returned in determined mood and Moussa Sissoko reduced the deficit within three minutes of the restart . They then laid siege to the Gunners ' goal and but for fine reaction saves by David Ospina from Mike Williamson and Ayoze Perez , they might have emerged with something to show for their efforts . Oliver Giroud ( centre right ) pokes home the opener in an entertaining affair at St James ' Park . Wenger said : 'We have played four games in two weeks and three away games at Manchester , in Monaco and here today and we have won all the three . 'The last 40 minutes were difficult because our legs had gone a little bit and Newcastle played very well in the second half . 'But we had an outstanding first half going forward and a very fluent game by creating chance after chance , and in the second half , we had just to show different qualities and hang on . ' The in-form striker bagged a second from a corner to put Arsenal into a commanding half-time lead . But Newcastle head coach John Carver , who had only one fit central defender for the game , was also able to take positives from a spirited fightback which he felt demonstrated the fact that his players have not started their summer holiday just yet . Carver said : 'There certainly was n't anyone on the beach with their flip-flops on , that 's for sure . 'After the comments last week , which were ridiculous , from ex-players - I 'm surprised at that - every single one of them , and I include the lads who came on the pitch as second-half substitutes , gave everything for this football club . 'It showed that they are not on their holidays yet . ' That barb was aimed in the direction of Match of the Day pundit Phil Neville after his comments last Sunday night , although the former Manchester United and Everton man tweeted during the second half : 'Newcastle been brilliant 2nd half so far ! ' . Moussa Sissoko ( right ) halved the deficit but despite late pressure Newcastle 's poor start punished them . When informed , Carver said : 'That 's nice , I did n't realise that had happened . ' Defeat , coupled with Crystal Palace 's 2-1 victory at Stoke , saw Alan Pardew 's Eagles leapfrog the Magpies into 11th place , although the former Magpies manager 's progress was of little concern to Carver . He said : ' I 've got to be honest , it is because of the situation we are in . Congratulations to Alan , but I am not worried about Crystal Palace . 'The only thing that 's on my mind and the only thing I 'm worried about is this football club and making sure everything I do is 100 per cent , everything the players do and give is 100 per cent , and that 's all I can ask for . '
Arsene Wenger played down Arsenal 's hopes of a title challenge . The Frenchman thinks Chelsea 'have too much security ' at the top . Arsenal beat Newcastle thanks to four goals from striker Oliver Giroud . Click here for all the latest Arsenal news .