Courtois' reactions following his superb performance in the UCL final

Vinicius Jr

 may have got 

’s goal, but 

 was a colossus between the sticks. He claims he deserves more respect.

“Thank you very much. I said at the press conference yesterday that when Madrid play in the finals, they win. I saw a lot of tweets saying I would get humbled. It was the other way round." Courtois told 

BT Sport

.

"Today I needed to win a final - for my career, for all the hard work, to put respect on my name because I don’t think I have enough respect, especially in England. I saw a lot of criticism that I was not good enough or whatever.

“I’m just really happy and proud of the performance of the team, and when I needed to be there I was there for the team. We have beaten the best clubs in the world, together with us.

Liverpool

were very strong today. I think I played a great game and that was the difference.”

Courtois was a superhero for Real Madrid on the night, saving the Spanish side multiple times. It simply seemed that there was no way through the Belgian. There was no getting past the wall of Thibaut Courtois, and Liverpool end a tremendous season with two domestic cups.

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