Sep 24, 2011
The former Tottenham man was on target to level the match at the Britannia Stadium after Nani's opener for the Red Devils although Ferguson believes Crouch gets the rub of the green with referees due to his height.
"He fouls all the time. He gets off with it because of his height but he jumps on top of defenders all the time," said Ferguson.
"He has been doing that for a long time. Referees know that. Even with the goal he has maybe caught Phil Jones, but he is right above him.
"He is a handful in the air, there is no doubt about that."
The United boss was also quick to sing the praises of goalkeeper David de Gea, who made a string of impressive saves to ensure the Red Devils came away from the game with a point to keep them at the top of the Premier League table.
"He made a great save in the first half, knocked it round the post," the Scot added.
"He was very confident. He sailed through and showed terrific composure. Nothing disturbs him."
Ferguson feels his side should have scored more than the one goal after picking up a point from the game but hailed his side's battling qualities, insisting they played like "real champions".
"There are two parts to it," Ferguson said. "One, they keep you under pressure. In the main, we have dealt with that quite well.
"As expected, if they were going to score, it was going to be from a set-piece. They have so many big lads in their team and they do keep you under pressure that way.
"In terms of the attacking part, we showed some good play and maybe should have scored more than the goal we did.
"A draw is probably a fair result. It is a difficult place to come to.
"We have always done well here, but maybe making the changes we had to unshipped us for parts of the game.
"I was pleased with the performance. They battled really hard and played like real champions in every sense of the world."
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