UEFA Champions League: “Milan goal one of my best” http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Peter-Crouch-c29741
Tottenham striker Peter Crouch, has termed his goal against AC Milan as one of his best so far.
Tottenham made a big stride towards the quarter finals of the UEFA Champions League in their first campaign. Spurs played AC Milan away from home at San Siro, and Crouch scored the only goal of the game. Spurs will now host Milan at White Hart Lane with an away goal to their advantage.
After the game there were other incidents that took the attention away, from what was a breathtaking encounter. Milan midfielder Gennaro Gattuso's head-butt on Spurs assistant manager Joe http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Vedran-Corluka-c35947 dominated the headlines.
Tottenham player Corluka who was on the receiving end of Flamini’s tackle, is set to have an x-ray on his ankle, while UEFA, have launched an investigation to look into the incident involving Gattuso.
Tuesday’s encounter was one of the most professional and dominating performances by the London club. Peter Couch put the cherry on top with his goal, 10 minutes from time. He was set up beautifully by the amazing run made by http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Liverpool-c39809 front man had the simplest of tasks of tapping the ball home from close range.
Crouch said that he was flattered to be in the company of great names, who have scored at the legendry Giuseppe Meazza stadium.
“I grew up watching Milan play at the San Siro. There have been some great teams here - (http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Fabio-c13152) Capello's team with (Ruud) Gullit and (Marco) Van Basten. They are all great players so to have got a goal here means a lot to me,” he said.
“I'll have to go through all the others I've scored but I can tell you that it's right up there with the best.”
Harry Redknapp’s team visited San Siro earlier on in the competition. Spurs took on http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Gareth-Bale-c14422.
Before Tuesday’s game there was a lot of talk about defensive problems at the Spurs, but Redknapp assured that his team has worked hard in the training ground and it certainly showed.
Tottenham made it to the Champions League for the first time in the 2009-10 season. They are positioned fourth in the domestic league and are on track to play in another European season. However http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Chelsea-c38786 are hot on their heels, and are looking to close in on the two-point gap that they have.
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