has explained just how hard it was playing against Arsenal's famous back four.
The former Tottenham striker was part of the last squad to finish above the Gunners in the Premier League back in 1995, but Nigel Winterburn, Lee Dixon, Tony Adams and Martin Keown made life as a forward extremely tough.
"They were tight, intense and frantic games," he told The Times.
Sheringham was good friends with Adams from their time as England youngsters - "we competed against each other very physically, but fair" he said, but claimed it was a different matter altogether when it came to his centre-back partner, Keown.