Credit to the home side, who did not alter their attacking approach and they were rewarded for this just after the half hour when Crouch climbed at the back post to head home Huddlestone's cross.

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As the first-half wore on, Crouch got little chance to impress Capello with Luton stretching Liverpool all over the pitch and having the best of the possession.

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Defoe should have scored his first international hat-trick only to miscue wide but then combined brilliantly with his second-half strike partner Peter Crouch for one of the best passing moves of the game, but the Liverpool striker was denied by a sprawling Ince.

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Arsenal fell behind to a Peter Crouch first-half goal but Nicklas Bendtner equalised and both sides had chances to win it.

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But Steele also did brilliantly to keep out a Crouch header on the stroke of half-time and Barnsley capitalised when they equalised out of nowhere after the interval.

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Villa striker Peter Crouch squandered the best chance of the half two minutes before the interval.

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Only before half time did Liverpool begin to wake from their slumber but Crouch failed to take either of the golden chances that came his way.

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Tottenham's best chance came when Peter Crouch poked the ball just wide in the first half while Rafael van der Vaart went close with a header just before the break before shooting narrowly over following a late corner.

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But Peter Crouch's simple finish gave Liverpool a second-half lead under the gaze of England manager Fabio Capello.

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Shortly before half-time Little again whipped in a decent deep cross for Crouch but he could only head weakly into the hands of Friedel as he attempted to guide the ball back on the direction it came.

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