Rafa reiterates support for Crouch

Rafa has once again praised Peter Crouch. He was delighted with his contribution to the team in the win against Pompey Despite missing the penalty, he courageously opted to take, he was a constant threat to the Portsmouth defence:

"We always decide on two or three players and they can choose. It depends on the player that has the most confidence and in this case Steve said to me 'Peter wants to shoot'.
"I think he had confidence, if he decided to kick it he must have had confidence. The problem is that he is playing really well, but when he is close to the six-yard box people cheer him and try to support him, and then maybe he can hear their support and it is more difficult.
"But I think when he scores the first goal it will be totally different. Maybe there is a little bit of anxiety, but I've said before that if he plays well it doesn't matter if Peter or Carra scores. The most important thing is to win and we are winning.
"At the end of the day we scored, but next time it will maybe be better that another player should score."
He added: "I will support him. I can see him training every day and he can score goals.
"If you analyse this game, he was good in the air, good on the ground, dribbling, passing, keeping the ball.
"I think that all players are trying to support him, he is a nice boy and all of them are desperate for the first goal.
"When I speak to him he never says anything to me that would suggest he is really worried.
"I will support him because he is playing well."

As long as others in the team are scoring there won't be a huge problem if Peter Crouch's goalscoring drought continues. Happily Crouch is remaining positive and his performances have been satisfactory.

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