Zidane: Courtois decided to go up for the corner himself Valencia vs Real Madrid Hailed never-say-die attitude

Zinedine Zidane has revealed that Thibaut Courtois took it upon himself to go up for Real Madrid's late corner which led to their equaliser against Valencia.

The Belgian goalkeeper saw his header saved by Jaume Domenech before Karim Benzema eventually smashed in to level the scores at Mestalla.

"He decided to go up and this shows that we wanted more, that we never give up," Zidane told the press about Courtois.

"The equaliser is something that we put a lot of effort into.

"This is Real Madrid, a team that never gives up. They believed they could do it and they did.

"With everything we did, I think we deserved to score a goal that compensated with the effort of the team.

"Football is like this and you can't complain. You have to accept what football gives you.

"A point is little reward. In the end, we got a big result, but it's a shame because we had a very good first half.

"They were better going forward in the second half and it was even."

Zidane opted not to start Casemiro, who was just one yellow card away from being suspended for El Clasico.

"He wasn't meant to play and those that did did very well," the Real Madrid boss said.

"Casemiro had played lots of games and I'm very happy that we did everything without him.

"We drew, but I think we deserved a bit more.

"He'd played 21 matches and he had to rest, but I was only thinking about the Valencia game."