It's great to hit all three landing goals:  parallel, over the centerline, and touching down with the nose wheel protected.  But throw in a medium to strong crosswind and some pilots get confused.

The goals for a pilot landing in a crosswind remain the same, regardless of the addition of a wind trying to drift you off the runway.  First, ensure that the wheels and fuselage are parallel to the runway and direction of motion using rudders.  Second, establish and hold a bank angle that holds the aircraft over the runway centerline.  And third, flare until you are in nose-high landing attitude.

The challenge of a crosswind is that it may take positive, active control imputs to hold the plane stable.  To improve your crosswind ability, try to focus on the airplane's attitude and position, and not on the position of the flight controls.  This is something that can be made apparent in simulator training.