FlASHBACK! HE’S BIG, HE’S RED, HIS FEET STICK OUT THE BED, PETER CROUCH

DATE: 31 March 2007

OCCASION:Premier League match

SIGNIFICANCE: The sticklike striker may have had a slow start to his Anfield career, but he became a Kop favourite when he hit his stride, finishing top scorer in 2006-07 with a total of 24 goals across all competitions. Against a struggling Arsenal side, Crouchy shot home right-footed as early as the fourth minute from Alvaro Arbeloa’s pinged cross...

SCORE: Liverpool 4-1 Arsenal

SCORERS: Liverpool: Crouch (4, 35, 81), Agger (60). Arsenal: Gallas (73)

WHAT HAPPENED NEXT? This towering header from Fabio Aurelio’s delivery. And, finally, a cool shuffle and left-footed drive inside the box completed a perfect hat-trick. Crouchy’s goals proved vital at the end of the season as the Reds pipped Arsenal to third by just two goals.

LINE-UPS:

Liverpool: Reina, Arbeloa, Carragher, Agger, Aurelio, Pennant, Alonso, Mascherano (Riise 82), Gonzalez (Zenden 69), Gerrard (Kuyt 56), Crouch

Arsenal: Lehmann, Eboue (Hoyte 82), Toure, Gallas, Clichy, Hleb, Fabregas, Diaby (Rosicky 65), Denilson, Baptista (Ljungberg 65), Adebayor

STADIUM: Anfield

ATTENDANCE: 43,958

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