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title: "Liverpool: Fans react to Peter Crouch comments"
canonical: "https://www.footballtransfertavern.com/peter-crouch-reds-rafa-benitez/"
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language: "en-GB"
author: "jonathan radcliffe"
section: "Liverpool Football Club"
published: "2020-04-11T12:10:02Z"
modified: "2020-04-11T12:10:02Z"
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# Liverpool: Fans react to Peter Crouch comments

**Ex-Liverpool striker Peter Crouch has had quite the career.**

He is mainly known for being dominant in the air – his 6ft 7in frame allowed him to score [53](https://thefootballfaithful.com/premier-league-strikers-with-most-headed-goals-ever/) headed Premier League goals, which is more than any other player in the division’s history – but he was so much more than that, as his [22](https://www.transfermarkt.co.uk/peter-crouch/leistungsdatendetails/spieler/4072) goals in 42 games for England indicate.

He joined the Reds in 2005, spending three years there and scoring 42 goals in 134 games – not a bad return. However, it seems he is not too happy with his departure from Anfield. He [told The Daily Mail](https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/football/article-8208711/amp/Ask-Crouchie-resident-columnist-answer-questions.html?__twitter_impression=true): “The one thing that niggles away at me is leaving Liverpool in 2008. Rafa Benitez was happy to let me go and I was only ever going to be a Plan B. But, 18 months later, when I saw Andriy Voronin and David Ngog getting opportunities, it made me wish I had stayed.”

With all due respect to [N’Gog](https://www.transfermarkt.co.uk/david-ngog/leistungsdatendetails/spieler/41242) and [Voronin](https://www.transfermarkt.co.uk/andriy-voronin/leistungsdatendetails/spieler/1075), neither of them were as good as Crouch, as their paltry 25 goals in 134 matches for Liverpool between them show. Clearly, the Anfield outfit’s supporters agree with the 39-year-old, and they took to Twitter to share their thoughts. You can see some of the best comments from the social media platform below.

> Rafa got a lot of players wrong. To think he thought Barry was better than Alonso says it all. I wished you had stayed too Crouchie.
>
> — Hadge (@hadgett7) [April 11, 2020](https://twitter.com/hadgett7/status/1248892672942768128?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)

> david ngog would struggle to hold a place down in my local pub team
>
> — Rob (@HavenRob) [April 11, 2020](https://twitter.com/HavenRob/status/1248887552871931904?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)

> It’s hard to argue with him. Rafa was amazing, but had some real misses in the transfer market/personal management area. But the miss I thank him every day for was not being able to swap in Gareth Barry for Xabi Alonso as he had planned.
>
> — Ronan Cosgrave (@ronan\_cosgrave) [April 10, 2020](https://twitter.com/ronan_cosgrave/status/1248722212619599873?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)

> Should never have sold him. Crouch was top notch for us.
>
> — Geo (@GeordySharpe) [April 10, 2020](https://twitter.com/GeordySharpe/status/1248734120789893126?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)

> It’s true, he was better than them both
>
> — stricky (@strickyfootball) [April 10, 2020](https://twitter.com/strickyfootball/status/1248718429391073281?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)

> hope nobody says this is disrespectful because he’s spot on
>
> obviously not as good as torres but still a very good player when played and gave his all
>
> far, far better than Ngog and Voronin
>
> — Oliver (@NotoriousNeco76) [April 10, 2020](https://twitter.com/NotoriousNeco76/status/1248716813439033345?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)

***What do you think of Crouch’s comments? Let us know below!***