Thibaut Courtois took the brunt of criticism for last night`s failure in Barcelona. As ever though, he wasn`t afraid to put his head above the parapet and front up for his mistakes.
Lionel Messi, twice put the ball through the Belgian`s lanky legs. Speaking to Standard Sport after the game Courtois knew he`d be in for some serious flack
“I don`t care what non-Chelsea people say, I know who I should listen to. I know who I don`t have to listen to – those that hope to kill you.’
“There are those that when you are at the top, they just wait for that one little moment to destroy you. But nothing will destroy me. I will continue to work hard.’
‘I am hurt over what happened and don`t feel great at all. I`m a winner and I don`t like to lose, especially when it comes from a mistake by me.”
The world of social media slaughtered the Belgian following the final whistle, and Courtois understands the reasoning and can accept that criticism from genuine Chelsea fans
The Chelsea fans know I have made a lot of good saves, big saves, to win games in the past. I will work hard again to make big saves in the next game I play – that`s my attitude.”
“I have to learn from the mistakes I made and just move on. I think there were around 4,000 of our supporters in the stadium who had spent their time and money on Chelsea. I want to thank them for coming out and supporting us. We could hear them even though they were sat very high in the ground and stayed behind us, even when we were 2-0 and 3-0 down.”
Courtois has not helped himself recently, as far as Chelsea fans are concerned when he has continually spoken of his desire to return to Madrid. The chatter of saying he`s going to sign a new contract soon, continues. High wage demands add to the furore surrounding him. These are all distractions, he should stick with worrying about doing his best for his current club.
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