"I don’t know if Vini understood the banner, I don't know if he speaks English"

Real Madrid goalkeeper Thibaut Courtois said that his team deserved the victory against Manchester City (2-3) and that they got it “because they believed” it was possible and because they felt “stronger” than the English team. “They are an attacking team. It's better to win even if it's by conceding goals. We played a good game, we conceded two goals with a bit of bad luck," he said.

"Their first goal was good and the second, a penalty. We dominated the game and deserved to win. Already with the 2-1, the team believed we could tie the game and then came the winner because we believed and felt stronger than them,” he told ‘Movistar+’.

“We have to improve a bit because the goal conceded comes from a bad pressing, but we feel good on the pitch and with the tranquility to play our game. The penalty was a little too soft, but it was called. We kept believing,” he continued.

Courtois disassociated himself from potential controversy regarding the tifo that the Etihad Stadium stands sketched with a “stop crying your heart out” that was understood as a hint at Vinicius Junior. “I don't know if he will have understood it, I don't know if he knows English,” he remarked. He also pointed to high pressing as one of the keys to victory.

“It's a team - City - that keep possession very well and we didn't have to be afraid to press, but orderly. We did that better in the second half. With that, we changed the match. We have to continue in this way to win next week, in a difficult match. We cannot think that we are already in the next round”, he pointed out.