Tomas Rosicky maintains Arsenal have the strength in depth to stay the course over the race for the Premier League title.The Gunners moved four points clear at the top of the table following their 1-1 draw at Newcastle on Wednesday night.

Arsene Wenger takes his men back to the North-East on Sunday to face struggling Middlesbrough - where injured quartet Cesc Fabregas, Mathieu Flamini, Alex Hleb and Robin van Persie are still not expected to feature.

However, despite fielding something of a makeshift stating XI at St James' Park, the Gunners took an early lead and then stood firm in the face of a second-half onslaught from the home side.

Czech winger Rosicky believes such resilience shows the Gunners have got what it takes to keep themselves in pole position.

"We were missing people like Fabregas and Flamini, but we can manage and we can still play well without them," he said.

"No-one believed us when we said we could win the Premier League, but we are a very good team and we don't care whether anyone believed us or not.

"We will be very happy if we stay in the position we are in now."

Arsenal may now have a seven point cushion on fifth-placed Manchester City, but Wenger is taking nothing for granted despite the so-called 'Big Four' looking set to battle it out for the Premier League crown.

"It is not guaranteed for everybody," the Frenchman declared.

"Teams like Villa and Man City who are doing well, Everton and Portsmouth can fight to be in the top four too.

"It is becoming more and more interesting for the teams moving up."

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