‘A man possessed’ – Real Madrid will be ‘building statues’ as Thibaut Courtois calls for respect after heroic performance against Liverpool in Champions League final

Thibaut Courtois has written himself into the Real Madrid historical past books after guiding them to Champions League glory in a 1-0 victory over Liverpool.

The Belgian worldwide was man of the match on the Stade de France as various match-winning stops noticed the Spanish giants pip the Reds to the most important crown in European soccer.

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The 30-year-old confronted 24 photographs on objective and pulled off 9 good saves to protect Madrid’s lead, main talkSPORT commentator Jim Proudfoot to profess: “He’s the person of the match.

“If Real Madrid win this, they will be building statues for him.”

Described by Real Madrid boss Carlo Ancelotti post-match as ‘unbelievable’, Courtois was fast to implement that he hoped his match-winning show was sufficient to silence his critics in England.

Speaking to BT Sport, the previous Chelsea goalkeeper mentioned: “Yesterday within the press convention I mentioned that when Madrid performs finals, they win them.

“I’m on the great aspect of historical past and I noticed all the tweets coming my manner and saying that I’ll get humbled as we speak. It was the opposite manner round, I feel.

“Today I wanted to win a ultimate for my profession, for all the exhausting work, to place the respect on my title as a result of I don’t assume I get the respect, particularly in England as a result of I get loads of criticism even after an excellent season and saying I used to be not adequate or no matter.

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“I’m simply actually pleased and happy with the efficiency of the workforce.

“We stuck to it and when I needed to be there for the team I was there.”

He added: “We beat one of the best golf equipment on the earth, along with us.

“If you see off City and Liverpool, they had been unbelievable this season and fought to the tip within the Premier League.

“They won two cups, Liverpool. They were really strong today and I think I played a great game today and that was the difference because we had one chance and we scored it.”

One man who was massively impressed with Courtois was Jermaine Pennant – who predicted that Liverpool’s missed possibilities towards the stopper would come again to hang-out them.

Pennant informed the Sports Bar: “He got here out like he was possessed. Courtois was a person on a mission as we speak.

“Twenty-four photographs he confronted, 9 heading in the right direction however it doesn’t matter what Liverpool tried or did, he was there to cease that.

“From the corners he was popping out and commanding the ball and placing his physique in there. He was getting all the way down to photographs.

“In the primary 5 minutes Salah flicked one not far away however he was down like a shot. He was unbelievable.

“I did say in the course of the match, the best way he’s taking part in it’s going to return again and hang-out Liverpool in the event that they don’t put one away and he simply stored stopping the possibilities.

“I knew it would come back and haunt Liverpool.”