Courtois: “We'll keep fighting until the end” | OneFootball

Courtois and Valverde shared their thoughts with the media after the match against Barcelona at Camp Nou. The goalkeeper gave his assessment of the LaLiga Clásico: "We'll keep fighting until the end. They must lose four games and we have to win all of them. It's not impossible but it's very difficult. We must come here to win in the cup".

"We put in a good performance and both teams had chances at the end. We went ahead and took good control of the game, but they scored in the last minute of the first half. We played well after the break. We had chances and we didn't make the most of them. It's a shame that Asensio's goal was disallowed. We went out to win the game, but left space on the counter and they got the goal".

Individual performance "I'm happy to help the team but the only thing that mattered today was the win. We can't give up. We have a great team and there's a lot of football to play. We've got two nice months coming up and we'll fight until the end. We will come here to win in the cup and reach the final. Then there's the Champions League too, which we'll go all out for". Valverde: “We didn’t put the game to bed” “I’m sad. We needed to win and that’s what we wanted to do. The had the better of the first half, created more chances. Then they tired and we didn’t manage to put the game to bed with the chances we created in the second half. We didn’t convert them and that has cost us”.

Asensio’s goal ruled out “He was offside, I didn’t realise and I celebrated. I don’t like to discuss the referees. It can go for you or against you. I haven’t seen the replay so I can’t talk about it. I always look at our team, our pride, we have to focus on ourselves, on playing and trying to win games”.

What was missing? “In the first half, when we took the lead, we sat a bit deeper, to try and have a bit more of the ball. They grew into the game and played well. After the break we had to try and go for the winner and that means you leave spaces. We were much better in the second half but we just couldn’t get the goal”.

The table “We won’t be giving up on LaLiga. So long as a mathematical possibility exists, you have to fight. The season will help us to build up positive morale and go into the Champions League with real that desire”.