Well, possibly not, but the point does need to be made that this was no ordinary scoring drought that the 6ft 7in striker brought to an end in an emphatic victory over Wigan, not least because this morning there remains uncertainty over whether Crouch scored one or two goals.
After 22 games, seven months, 24 hours and eight minutes - and countless newspaper column inches - Crouch 'scored' the opener with the considerable aid of Wigan left-back Leighton Baines and goalkeeper Mike Pollitt. The goal was subsequently credited to Pollitt and even when Crouch officially got off the mark, scoring Liverpool's second before the interval, Wigan made strong appeals for offside.
Given all that Crouch has been through since his £7million summer arrival from Southampton, one might have expected precisely this sort of controversial conclusion to his quest for goals.
'It's not a question, the goal's got to be mine,' said Crouch, who will have to take his claim to the Premiership panel that adjudicates on such matters. 'Course I'm claiming it, I was aiming for the top corner. It took a big slice of luck, but that's what I've been missing recently. It's been difficult for me. I'm a happy sort of person, but it was getting me down a bit. Now I can just get on with it. I've been getting a bit of stick, but to get the goal was great and took the pressure off.'
In the 19th minute, Crouch gathered the ball tidily just inside his own half and, with the Wigan defence inexplicably backing off as he advanced, he finally elected to shoot on the edge of the penalty area, the ball immediately taking a high, looping deflection off Baines. It dropped awkwardly but should still have been dealt with comfortably by Pollitt, but the Wigan keeper could only palm the ball weakly, helping it into the net.
With the debate over the validity of Crouch's claim growing, the argument was soon rendered academic when he collected Steve Finnan's through-pass before neatly beating the advancing Pollitt with the sort of deft lob that backed up Rafael Benitez's repeated claims that Crouch is a far more skillful player than his physique suggests.
'It was clear on the pitch what the goal meant, to see the players with him and the supporters also,' said Benitez. 'I said before that the most important thing is that he continues to play well and the team continues winning. As a manager, the most important thing is trying to keep players playing well and scoring goals. It is not important if Crouch or other players score, but I think it is a relief to him.'
On this occasion, any number of red shirts might have scored another goal - Pollitt saving brilliantly from Steven Gerrard and Fernando Morientes, plus Crouch heading against the bar - but Luis Garcia did so, forcing the ball home with his chest from 10 yards after connecting with Gerrard's left-wing corner.
But, amid the feeding frenzy of statistics surrounding Crouch's scoring prowess, one other figure was in danger of being overlooked - an eighth successive clean sheet for Liverpool. Like Crouch, this Liverpool team may not be the polished, finished article, but, like their striker, they are starting to get positive results.
Man of the match: Peter Crouch - Goal-tastic.