Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger was left impressed by an 'electric' first-half performance from a Singapore Select XI on Wednesday.

The Asian team lost out to 4-0 the Gunners in the Barclays Asia Trophy with Chuba Akpom scoring a hat-trick and Jack Wilshere adding one from the penalty spot to give the north Londoners a comfortable win but Wenger felt his side was very much tested during the opening 45 minutes.

Wenger said afterwards: "I was surprised. They were electric in the first half - I don't know what they had for lunch!

"They were absolutely electric and they played at a very high pace. Technically they were very good. They couldn't create much but it was difficult to get the ball off them.

"In the second half they dropped physically and then the cohesion goes when you change three or four players. They suffered from that as well."