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Peter Crouch’s Liverpool Jamie Carragher has revealed he told Crouch to do the robot if he scored.
Speaking on the official Liverpool site, Carra said "I told Crouchy if he scored he had to do the dance from Beckham’s party,"
"He’s had plenty of stick from all the lads over it."
At least Crouch has shown he is normal and prepared to have a laugh, well in !
Check out these pics of Crouch doing the Robot after his great goal against Hungary.
Crouch was first seen doing the Robot at Beckham’s World cup party, and after scoring last night, did a perfect rendition of it again, check the photos:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/photo_galleries/5032866.stm
England beat Hungary 3-1 at Old Trafford.
Goals from Steven Gerrard, John Terry and Peter Crouch were enough to secure the win for England, who were playing in their second to last game before the world cup starts.
In the first half, England had a few chances, most notable was the penalty miss from Frank Lampard after Gerrard was judged to have been fouled. Lampard had his pen saved, so the game went into half time 0-0.
Within 2 minutes of the restart, Gerrard scored after heading in a cross from David Beckham. Gerrard was playing in a makeshift attacking role, and gave Sven something to think about by rising above the Hungary defence to head into the bottom corner.
4 minutes later, Beckham created another goal, this time crossing from a free kick allowing John Terry to Head past Kiraly.
Hungary got a goal back after a screamer from Dardai, but the introduction of Walcott and Crouch, and the fine performance of Joe Cole on the left was too much for the Hungarians.
Cole got the ball on the left, before bringing it infield taking on 3 players in the process, before passing it to Crouch who had his back to goal, who turned and hit it right into the bottom corner, before performing a robot dance celebration, much to the delight of the crowd.
Theo Walcott became the youngest ever player to pull on an England shirt, aged 17 years and 75 days.
Crouch scored a cracking goal against Hungary then performed his robot dance to the crowd, probably after being ripped by his recent performances at the Beckham party and his hotstepper rendition. Check the video out for a slow-mo 
Can Steven Gerrard fill the void left by Wayne Rooney?
Gerrard has had a great season for Liverpool, scoring 23 goals when playing in a central role or on the right. He scored 2 fantastic goals in the FA cup final, and has displayed his superb striking ability throughout the season.
Voted PFA player of the year by fellow professionals, Gerrard is widely regarded throughout the premiership, and there is no reason why he cannot carry that form to Germany.
In recent england training sessions he has been playing upfront, and has been hitting the back of the net plenty of times.
He is known for his energy, strength on the ball, willingness to get stuck in, go forward, shoot from distance, and his passing is second to none.
Sven is spoilt for choice in the centre of midfield, so there is no reason why Gerrard cannot play upfront with Owen, or just behind him, leaving Lampard and Carrick in the middle.
When asked about the prospect of playing upfront, Gerrard replied:
"I am not sure what role I am going to be playing, the manager will decide where he wants me to play and I will give it my best shot wherever I am asked to play.
"It is a decision for the manager. I have joined the boys and am prepared to play anywhere, whether that is on the right, the left, the middle or in defence. Wherever it is I will give it my best shot."
Teenager Aaron Lennon was awarded man of the match for his performance against Belarus in the England B game.
Lennon was a surprise inclusion in Sven’s squad, but showed everyone why he was picked, using his blistering pace to tear into the Belarusian defence all night. Lennon created a goal for Peter Crouch which was ruled out for offside, and was on the receiving end of fouls all night as Belarus could not contain him.
Lennon faces competition from Beckham for the right side midfield spot,but his performance on Thursday will have done his chances no harm.
Wayne Rooney will miss England’s group games after a scan on his broken foot revealed he will not be fit in time.
He faces an anxious wait until june 14th for another scan to see if he can play at all, but England have to decide by the 9th of june if they want to replace him or not.
If he is declared ok to play, he will have just 10 days to get match fit for the last 16 of the competition should England progress.
Norwich goalkeeper Robert Green has been ruled out of the world cup after injuring his groin in the England B game against Belarus.
He has been replaced by Scott Carson of Liverpool in the squad.
No this isn’t Crouch showing off slinky moves on the field
We have to assume Crouch is drunk and surely doesn’t think he is cool doing this 
Next week we’ll see Peter doing ‘there’s only one Rodney Trotter’
Thanks to Daniel Bower for this one
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