Real Madrid goalkeeper Thibaut Courtois was delighted with their 2-1 win at Real Sociedad.

Sergio Ramos and Karim Benzema struck for Madrid in San Sebastian.

Courtios said, "The key thing today was to get the win. We know that it's always a tough place to come to, they've got a great team and are fighting to get into Europe. Coming away from here with a win tastes really sweet. After their goal, we had to dig in for 15 minutes, but we've ultimately won the game. It's a vital three points.

"When we started this mini pre-season, we knew we had 11 cup finals ahead of us. We've now played three of them, we've got eight to go and we know that each game will be tough. Our next match is against Mallorca, who are fighting to avoid the drop and it'll be difficult, we can't ease off. We have to be really focused this week, we're back in action in three days' time."