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Ian Wright has paid a glowing tribute to former Arsenal teammate David Seaman.

Wright has ranked Seaman as the second-best Premier League goalkeeper of all time on Match of the Day's Top 10 podcast, and gave an insight into what the Gunners legend was like in training.

Crediting playing against Seaman every day as helping to make him a better striker, Wright revealed that his former teammate was pipped to first place by Peter Schmeichel purely for the Dane's trophy haul.

"I never scored against David Seaman," Wright said.

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"Schmeichel pipped him for what he's won over what Seaman won but, as a goalkeeper, shot-stopping and saves, I think they're about the same.

"David Seaman made me a better striker just by training with him every day - you had to be at your best to beat him.

"He made me the striker I am, it's the same with Tony Adams and all them guys, you had to be at your best to beat them.

"Then you'd have to beat Seaman, and he didn't make saves out of anything - if it was there to tap over without diving, he wouldn't dive.

"He made it look easy."

Seaman's most famous save was arguably against Sheffield United in an FA Cup semi-final, but Wright said it was not out of the ordinary to see him pull of stops of that calibre.

He said: "I've seen him make saves, and that save he made against Sheffield United in the semi-final was amazing.

"He made saves like that all the time, you're watching a striker get his foot back and you're thinking it's a goal, but then his arm would come out of nowhere.

"He was amazing."

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