Crouch booboys do not understand football: Rafa

RAFAEL BENITEZ has launched a fierce defence of Peter Crouch and insisted that if you do not like the £7million striker you do not understand football.

But the Liverpool chief admitted he has had a heart-to-heart with the 6ft 7in Anfield striker after his ordeal at the hands of England supporters this week.

Crouch was booed and jeered in both internationals against Austria and Poland, and Benitez said: "I have talked to Peter and said that if he works hard for his team then he doesn't need to worry what other supporters say. You play for Liverpool, you do not play for anyone else.