THIBAUT COURTOIS roared “I won us the Champions League final” as the Real Madrid keeper demanded more “respect in England”.
The former Chelsea stopper was in stunning form against Liverpool and was man-of-the-match as his NINE saves helped earn Madrid a 1-0 victory.
Thibaut Courtois has demanded more ‘respect’ after his amazing Champions League final performance[/caption]
Courtois made a string of incredible saves to deny Liverpool[/caption]
And the Belgian was in bullish mood as he delivered his post-match thoughts to BT Sports.
Courtois roared: “Yesterday I said when Real Madrid plays in the finals we win it. We have a good set of history.
“I had all the tweets coming my way that I would get humbled. Today it was the other way around.
“I needed to win a final for my career for all my hard work and to put respect on my name because I don’t think I have enough respect, especially in England.
READ MORE FOOTBALL NEWS
LIVERPOOL 0 Real Madrid 1
Vinicius Jr gives Spaniards 14th Champions League title
CL FINAL RATINGS
Courtois in all-time great final performance but Konate unlucky to lose
“I saw a lot of criticism after a great season that I was not good enough. I’m just really proud of the performance from the team and when I needed to be there I was there for the team.
“We have beaten the best clubs in the world. This year, City and Liverpool were unbelievable this season fighting till the end in the Premier League.
“Liverpool won two cups and today they were really strong but I think I played a great game and that was the difference today because we had one chance and we scored it.”
Courtois certainly silenced his doubters on Saturday with a performance that will go down in Champions League final history.
Stop it, Thibaut Courtois!
Joke of a save! #UCLfinal pic.twitter.com/3KunsBBN9G
— Football on BT Sport (@btsportfootball) May 28, 2022
Most read in Football
LIVERPOOL 0 Real Madrid 1
Vinicius Jr gives Spaniards 14th Champions League title
EURO MAYHEM
Uefa release statement over Champ League final delay with chaos outside stadium
REAL ISSUES
Real Madrid announce team to face Liverpool hours early over ‘mole leak fears’
GREAT DANE
Eriksen ‘snubbed Man Utd after promise made to Spurs owner Levy in 2017’
The Belgian made copious amounts of saves to deny Mo Salah, Sadio Mane and Luis Diaz throughout the game.
And Courtois’ best effort came just 20 minutes in when Mane unleashed a piledriver at goal.
But Courtois used every inch of his 6ft 7in frame to turn the ball onto the post.
Read More on The Sun
NO KIDDING
I rushed son to A&E after finding ‘hole’ in mouth & then realised huge blunder
OFF HER CHEST
People call me too sexy when I wear low tops – I can’t help having big boobs
The former Chelsea man left English football on a sour note in 2018 when he joined Los Blancos.
But having knocked his old side out in the quarters, while also beating Man City in the semis, Courtois made it a hat-trick of English clubs to fall at the wayside by playing a key role against Liverpool.
