My puppy physically resists the crate?

My labrador puppy Gus is 15 weeks and I got him yesterday. Everytime I try to get him in the crate he protests and the only way is for me to shove him in. Once he's in there, he settles down after a few minutes. I'm currently feeding him his food and treats in there, but he's extremely food motivated and overrides the fear lol.

I've been trying to do everything right and the internet says do NOT force him in there. But he whines if he's not snuggled up right next to me LOL. Although I am worried he's gonna wake up and get into something while I'm sleeping. I like him sleeping with me but my research says to crate train him early and then add bed sleeping after hes trained. So what do I do…?