Arsene Wenger admits it will take a major slip from Chelsea to allow Arsenal back into the Premier League title race.

His side will attempt to put their midweek Champions League exit at the hands of Monaco behind them when they travel to face Newcastle on Saturday.

Victory will extend their run of five successive league wins, a sequence that has taken them to within one point of second-placed Manchester City and seven behind leaders Chelsea, who have a game in hand.

Wenger believes his side are gathering momentum at an important time of the domestic campaign, although he accepts the disappointment of going out of Europe has dented morale.