‘Arsenal don’t get fair share of penalties,’ claims Arsene Wenger after Stoke condemn Gunners to first defeat of the season

The Arsenal manager was left beaten by an early second half goal from Stoke’s new Spanish forward Jese, signed on loan this week from PSG and whose training had been curtailed by his new-born son requiring a medical procedure.

But, while accepting that his side had not performed well, the veteran French manager was also left fuming by two failed penalty appeals – for a handball by Kurt Zouma and foul by Mame Diouf.

“We don’t get penalties, we know that,” said Wenger.

“I can get the numbers you will see. Look at the statistics. We had the highest penalties against us at home by a mile and the lowest number for us.”

To add to the manager’s bad mood, he also saw a second half “equaliser” by record signing Alexandre Lacazette ruled out for offside – a decision by referee Andre Marriner which television replays suggested had been correct by a matter of millimetres.