Arsenal defender Per Mertesacker insists they're not thinking about winning the title.

Victory at Burnley, gave Arsenal their eighth straight Barclays Premier League victory.

"It's not in our hands anymore," Mertesacker told arsenal.com. "They have a decent lead so it's very difficult for us at the moment, we're just focusing on ourselves and that has made us very strong in recent weeks.

"It has been a fantastic journey throughout the whole season but at the moment we are quite sharp and we're trying to take advantage of that. We want to try to continue that because it makes us stronger and gives us a lot of credit and respect.

"We are on a good run and Chelsea have been absolutely amazing this season, so we're trying to compete with them at the top. It's not in our hands anymore but we're trying to focus on ourselves.

"Great togetherness, great spirit and great cohesion is what makes us strong. Even if we have dropped points this season, we came back even stronger.

"At the moment we can't learn from defeat because of our great run, we have to learn from victories. There's a lot to improve but the win at Burnley is just about the result."