Thibaut Courtois played his 50th league match with Real Madrid in the Clásico. The goalkeeper, who once again made some impressive saves, had this to say about the victory over Barcelona: "At 0-0 in the first half it was important not to concede any goals. When it was my turn I made good saves, like against Arthur and Messi. Then in the second half we were better and made the difference".



"After our last results we have continued to work well. I think we played better in those games but we didn't win, football is about small details. Today we got the win, also with the help of our fans, which is key and they have been incredible. We did very well along with the fans".



Keys to the victory

"Against Barcelona you can play in two ways: get into the area and defend or press and risk as they play out. We did the latter very well. Winning a Clásico is always good. We are ahead but we can't forget that there are 12 games left. Next week we visit Betis and if we want to win LaLiga we have to win there too".