Peter Crouch hopes to help Stoke carry on their fine form against Manchester City as he closes in on a century of league goals.
Striker one short of a league century after win over Wolves
Peter Crouch hopes to help Stoke carry on their fine form against Manchester City as he closes in on a century of league goals.
Crouch is one short of the milestone after netting the winner in Saturday's 2-1 victory over Wolves, which consolidated the Potters in eighth place in the Premier League.
Crouch's second-half header ensured that Stoke had won four successive top-flight games for the first time in 44 years.
Stoke trailed to a Stephen Hunt penalty but an own goal from Wolves striker Kevin Doyle and Crouch's decider gave them all three points.
Crouch is now looking forward to facing Manchester City at the Etihad Stadium on Wednesday.
He said: "The way of football now is when we lost four matches in a row not so long ago, people were saying, 'It's a crisis and that we are going down.'
"But then we win four games on the bounce and great things are being said about you by everyone.
"It's a great run and four straight wins in the Premier League is difficult for any team to achieve.
"We've got to continue that. We've got an easy fixture on Wednesday against Man City and we are all looking forward to that.
"Someone mentioned I'm now one short of 100 league goals and hopefully I can get that (milestone) out of the way as quickly as possible."
Pulis praise
Stoke boss Tony Pulis praised the attitude of Crouch since his £10million August move from Tottenham, and that of his other new signings.
Pulis said: "It's not just about Crouchy's goals. It is what he does off the pitch as well as on the pitch.
"Crouchy, Jonathan Woodgate, Matthew Upson, Wilson Palacios, their attitude towards this club has been fantastic and they deserve a lot of credit.
"They are not just good footballers but good lads who have bought into what we do here."
