Premier League 2017/18: 5 talking points from gameweek two's action 

#2 New season, same old story for Arsenal?

Arsenal lost 0-1 to Stoke City on Saturday (August 19)

Defensively there is no excuse. We gave them a cheap goal. To lose a game like that is disappointing You don't want to lose games that you should win: Arsene Wenger

We don't know whether Lionel Messi can do it on a cold, wet night in Stoke. Arsenal, certainly, could not.

This was a vintage Arsenal loss if there ever was one. The gunners enjoyed maximum possession throughout the game, had more attempts on and off target, dominated the corner-count and completed almost triple as many passes as their northern opponents. Then, that one moment of defensive sloppiness announced itself, and Arsene Wenger's men were left stunned after PSG loanee Jese Rodriguez's second shot on target materialised into a goal.

Alexandre Lacazette tried to bring his team back into the game in the second half, but his equalizer was rendered useless after a tight offside decision. The men in black-and-pink could never really recover thereon.

If there ever was a perfect Arsenalesque defeat, this was it.

The Gunners were in control of the game throughout its length albeit a few minutes of apprehension, and like always, those minutes cost them the match - and three points!

Liverpool are waiting for Arsenal at Anfield next week and that encounter isn't going to be easy for the gunners by any stretch of imagination. Alexis Sanchez might come back into the playing XI for the game, and that might be a lifeline for Arsenal, especially for Mesut Ozil, who has looked lost in the middle so far.

We are just two weeks into the season, and WengerOut hashtags have already have already taken over twitter. It is high time that the 67-year-old employs some serious changes in his methods upfront, or this season might just be a replica of the last season (or the ten seasons that).