Arsenal maintained their perfect home record this season by beating West Brom 2-0 after a double from Alexandre Lacazette. But Wenger was unhappy his side had not been scheduled to play during the weekend instead, given they play at BATE Borisov on Thursday evening and then have a noon kickoff next Sunday against Brighton.
"At the moment I will say the schedule for us is a bit cruel," Wenger told a news conference. "When you look at the [Premier League] schedule over the weekend, I think there was some room for us to be different.
"For example, yesterday we had Brighton-Newcastle on television. They could have played tonight and we could have played yesterday. So for us the time is very short. But television decides, and I don't complain about that. But what I want to say, for the [team] selection it has an impact for me."
Wenger said he will travel to Borisov "with a team of senior players, and certainly with a young bench" as they look for a second straight group-stage win.
Wenger also praised Lacazette for his overall performance on a night when the French striker became the first Gunner to score in each of his first three home Premier League games.
Lacazette headed home a rebound in the first half and added a penalty after the break to take his league tally to four goals in six games.
"He's not only a goalscorer, his link-up play is good, he fights as well, he's not fazed by the physical challenges that West Brom gave us today," Wenger said. "And overall he looks to adapt very quickly and very well."
West Brom were aggrieved they didn't get a penalty as well early in the first half when Shkodran Mustafi tripped Jay Rodriguez in the area with the score still 0-0. Rodriguez popped right back up and hit the post with his ensuing shot, as referee Bobby Madley chose to play the advantage.
Wenger, though, conceded that Madley could have chosen to give a penalty.
"The referee left the advantage, and they nearly scored from that," Wenger said. "I think the decision is defendable on both sides. If he gives the penalty and doesn't give the advantage and they miss the penalty, you say why did he not leave the advantage? It's that kind of situation."
Stoke manager Tony Pulis was visibly upset with the decision during the game, but said he did not want to discuss it after the match.
"I'm not going to get myself in trouble by talking about the referee," Pulis said.
"The decisions that were made tonight, it's lovely that people can watch them. Sanchez should get booked in the first couple of minutes for diving on the edge of the box. There's no one near him, and the referee gives a free kick. And obviously we believe that's a penalty.
"And if the lad's the last man, then not only is it a penalty, he should be sent off. Now, people will say Rodriguez has been too honest, and is honesty the thing to do? Well, we haven't had a penalty for over a year now. So, the facts are the facts. And I'm just pleased everyone has seen it."
For his part, Rodriguez felt he was fouled, saying: "For me, I felt contact.
"Obviously I went down and I was just waiting for the foul to be given but it wasn't given so I got back up because I wasn't injured or hurt, I've seen the chance to score and Cech made a good save.
"For me, it was a penalty but you get them and you don't.''
Meanwhile, Aaron Ramsey told Sky Sports Premier League he was pleased with the display from the Gunners.
He said: "It was a fantastic performance from us tonight.
"After all of the results -- none of them went our way at the weekend -- we had to take advantage of the fact we were at home and we managed to do that.
"You're hoping one or two of them might drop points but they're very strong this season. It's going to be a tough year.
"There's a lot of quality from all of those teams so it was important for us to get the win tonight.''
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