Ten years ago, Peter Crouch scored a perfect hat-trick for Liverpool against Arsenal: right foot, left foot, and header.
With that quest conquered, Crouch decided to improvise this afternoon, and elected to punch the ball to the net in the Premier League this afternoon. As the ball came across from the lleft-wing, it was above Koscielny's head, but (perhaps unsurprisingly) was not quite at head height for Crouch.
It was, however, at perfect arm-height, so he punched it beyond Cech.
Peter Crouch
The goal means that only two players have scored more often against Arsenal in the Premier League than Crouch:
9 - Only Wayne Rooney (11) and Robbie Fowler (10) have scored more @premierleague goals vs Arsenal than Peter Crouch (9). Thorn. pic.twitter.com/i9nx5Fw1wM
— OptaJoe (@OptaJoe) May 13, 2017
That goal briefly made the game interesting and halved Arsenal's lead. Wenger's side, however, went on to regain and extend that lead, and won the game 4-1. They move a point behind Liverpool, but now have a superior goal difference. Liverpool will finish fourth if they win their remaining two games, but should they slip up, Arsenal are primed.
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